History of the Earliest Computing Devices

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Abacus

The first manual data processing device developed in CHINA, 12TH century A.D.

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John Napier’s

A Scottish Mathematician become famous for it’s invention of Logarithms.

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Oughtred’s Slide Rule

Invented by William. Slide Rule consists of 2 movable rulers place side by side.

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William Oughtred

Slide rule

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Blaise Pascal

the modern scientist to develop and build calculator that can + and -

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Pascaline

Pascal Calculator is also known as

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Leibniz's Calculator

Invent by Gottfried Leibniz, at the age of 26 taught himself mathematics and proceeded to invent calculus.

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Gottfried Leibniz

AT the age of 26 taught himself mathematics and proceeded to invent calculus.

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Babbage's Analytical Engine

Invent by Charles Babbage, the Father of the Modern Computer. He designed to automate a standard procedure for calculating the roots of polynomials.

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Charles Babbage

The Father of the Modern Computer.

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Charles Babbage

He designed to automate a standard procedure for calculating the roots of polynomials.

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Hollerith's Punched-Card Machine

Invented by Herman Hollerith, statistician with the US Bureau of the Census Invented the 3 to 5 inch punch cards to record data.

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Herman Hollerith

Card Machine for Census to record data