History of Computers
Early Ideas Abacus Logs by John Napier Wilhelm Shickard William Oughtred Pascaline Leibniz Calculator Jacquard Loom Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752-1834) Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646 – 1716)
Early Computers Difference Engine Analytical Engine Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
Ada Augusta Lovelace ADA – Programming Language
John Vincent Atanasoff Early Computers Hollerith’s Punch Card Machine ABC – Atanasoff-Berry Computer Special Purpose Electronic Digital Computer John Vincent Atanasoff Herman Hollerith (1860-1929)
GENERATIONS of Computers First Generation (1945-1956) Technology: Vacuum Tubes ENIAC - Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer EDVAC - Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer UNIVAC - Universal Automatic computer
GENERATIONS of Computers Second Generation (1957-1963) Technology: Transistor Invented by William Shockley, John Bardeen, and William Brattain
GENERATIONS of Computers 3. Third Generation (1964-1971) Technology: Integrated Circuits Robert Noyce (1927-1990) Jack Kilby
GENERATIONS of Computers 4. Fourth Generation (1971-present) The Microprocessor The Microcomputer The Personal Computer The Apple II
GENERATIONS of Computers 5. Fifth Generation (present-beyond) Artificial Intelligence games playing expert systems natural language robotics