Computer History

Question 0

Many people call it the 1st mechanical calendar or computer

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Antikythera Mechanism

Question 1

First calculator/computer made in ancient Egypt

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Abacus

Question 2

He was famous for creating the first mechanical calculator called the Pascaline to help with harder calculating

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Blaise Pascal & The Pascaline

Question 3

Constructed a mechanical loom

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Joseph-Marie Jacquard

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Could calculate US census started IBM

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Herman Hollerith

Question 5

Made world first computer

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Charles Babbage

Question 6

Designed by Babbage, was one of the first automatic calculators

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Difference Engine

Question 7

First programmable calculator used in large #s

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Analytical Engine

Question 8

First computer programmer

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Ada Lovelace

Question 9

Made the first PC

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Edmund Berkeley

Question 10

Made the first PC

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Edmund Berkeley

Question 11

At Apple, invented first commercially successful computer with mouse.

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Steve Jobs

Question 12

Made the first computer mouse

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Douglas Engelbart

Question 13

Was the first automatic electron digital

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The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)

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Co-founders of Microsoft

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Bill Gates and Paul Allen