The History of the Computer

Put your name at the top of a paper.

You will be using the computer and the internet to find the dates when the following events took place.

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Put the dates next to the events BEFORE putting them in a time line.

A timeline must go in order of dates from earliest to latest!

ENIAC

Herman Hollerith and the US Census Bureau

Blaise Pascal

Apple Computers

UNIVAC

Stretch Computer By IBM

Magnetic Core Memory

Difference engine (Charles Babbage)

Abacus

EDVAC

Example timeline:

EVERYTHING MUST BE IN ORDER!!!!

Mr. Smith’s life

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1973 1987 1991 1995 1997 1998

Mr. Smith Finished Graduates Graduates Got moved to

Was Born 8th grade from High From Married Texas

School Illinois State

University