Events
Abacus- a counting frame used by many
countries before the Hindu and Arabic numeral
system. Used For addition, subtraction
and simple equationsBlaise Pascal- Addition machine and Calculator
Helped people with equationsGottfried Leibniz- Born July 1, 1646 in Hanover, GermanyLeibniz Machine- CalculatorBinary Code- Find the 8-bit binary code
sequence for each letter of your name, writing it
down with a small space between each set of 8 bits.George Boole- Born November 2, 1815. Lincoln, United KingdomBoolean Algebra- Boolean algebra is the branch
of algebra in which the values of the variables
are the truth values true and falseCharles Babbage- Born December 26, 1791 United Kingdom, LondonCharles Computer Plans- Computer, computing
device to help with math and other skills,
unknown when the plans were madeHerman Hollerith- Born February 29, 1860 Buffalo, NYTabulator- helped summarize information,Vannevar Bush- Born March 11, 1890 Everett MARockefeller Differential Analyzer- computations
of missile trajectoriesClaude Shannon- Born April 30, 1916 Petsky, MI.
Found a thesis for computing analysisAlan Turing- Born June 23, 1912 Maida Vale
He developed the idea of the modern computer
and artificial intelligenceKonrad Zuse- Born June 22, 1910 Berlin, GermanyJohn Atanasoff- Born October 4, 1903 Hamilton,
NY First electronic computerClifford Berry- Born April 19, 1918 helped John
AtanasoffHoward Aiken- Born March 8, 1900 Hoboken, NJA general purpose electromechanical computer
that was used in the war effort during the last
part of World War II.J. Presper Ecker- Born April 9, 1919 Philadelphia,
PA Helped John Mauchly with a computerJohn Mauchly- Born August 30, 1907 Cincinnati,
OH First commercial computer made in the
United StatesJohn Bardeen- Born May 23, 1908
Walter Brattain- Born February 10, 1902 Died
1987
William Shockley- Born February 13, 1910 Died
1989Federico Faggin- Born December 1, 1941
Vicenza, Italy
Marcian Hoff- Born October 28, 1937 Rochester,
NYEd Roberts- Born September 13, 1941 Miami,
FL Invented the first commercially personal
computerSteve Wozniak- Born August 11, 1950 San Jose,
CA Co-Founded AppleApple 1- The first official Apple computer, able
to save files and forward informationApple 2- The second Apple computer, more
advanced, and interactive mouse.Gary Kildall- Born May 19, 1942 Seattle, WA
Created the CP/M operating system and
founded Digital ResearchBill Gates- Born October 28, 1955 Seattle, WA
Co-Founder of MicrosoftAlan Kay- Born May 17, 1940 Springfield, MA
Made software for AppleSteve Jobs- Born February 24, 1955 San Fran, CA
Co-Founder of AppleBob Metcalfe- Born April 7, 1946 Brooklyn, NY
Co-invented Ethernet, founded 3Com and
formulated Metcalfe's LawTim Berners Lee- Born June 8, 1955 London, UK
Inventor of the WWW aka World Wide Web
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