History of computer Flashcards
1
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Abacus
A
around 3000 bc
2
Q
Napier’s bone
A
1617 AD
John Napier
3
Q
Slide rule
A
1620 AD
William Oughtred
4
Q
pascaline
A
1642AD
Blaise pascal
5
Q
Stepped reckoner
A
1694AD
Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz
6
Q
Jacquard’s Loom
A
1801 AD
Joseph Marie Jacquard
7
Q
Difference engine
analytical engine
A
1822 AD
1833 AD
Charles Babbage
8
Q
Tabulating machine
A
1890 AD
Herman Hollerith
9
Q
Mark-I
A
1937 AD
Howard Aiken
10
Q
ABC
A
1942
John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford berry
11
Q
ENIAC
A
1943AD
Dr. John William Mauchly and John Presper Eckert
12
Q
EDVAC
A
1946AD
Dr. John William Mauchly and John Presper Eckert and John Von Neumann
13
Q
EDSAC
A
1949 AD
Maurice Wilkes
14
Q
UNIVAC-I
A
1951 AD
Dr. John William Mauchly and John Presper Eckert