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Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal created Calculus. He also created the Pascaline, a calculating device. -
The Stepped Reckoner
The Stepped Reckoner was mechanical, so it didn't always work, but it was used as a calculator. -
Jacquards Loom (Punched Cards)
Loom used the punched cards to use as instructions for his computer. -
Charles Babbage
He created the modern design of the computer. He was known as the Father of Computers. -
Lady Augusta Ada Countess of Lovelace
She was Babbage's helper while he worked. She was known as the first computer programmer. -
Herman Hollerith's Electronic Tabulating Machine
This took seven years to process, and was used as a calculating/tabulating machine. -
Vacuum Tubes
Vacuum Tubes are large devices used to create electronis. -
The Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Created by John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford Berry, The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) was the first alectronic digital computer. -
Harvard's Mark I
Harvard's Mark I is the ASCC, or the Automatic Sequenced Controlled Calculator. -
Dr. Grace Murray Hopper
"The First Computer Bug" Once a moth was found in and removed from her program, it worked perfectly. Computer viruses are now known as "computer bugs". -
ENIAC
The ENIAC, or Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, had planned to be used to callculate ballistic trajectories in WWII. However; it wasn't ready in time. -
Transistor
A Transistor is a small device that controls the flow of electronic currents in electronics. -
The Computer Mouse
Created by Douglas Engelbart,the computer mouse was the basic graphical user interface device. -
The Integrated Circuit
Created by Jack Kilby, the Integrated Circuit was used in most modern electronics in 1958. It was used for the same purpose of the Transistor, but this was much smaller. -
Microprocessor
A Microprocessor is any small electronic device that perfroms the functions of a computer's central processing unit. -
Laptop Computer
A portable, small computer that is powered by a rechargalbe battery. -
Steve Jobs
He was the cofounder of Apple Computer Inc., which is now Apple Inc.
