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Describe the top secret rosies film
The film depicted the first programmers (women during WW2) who did ballistics calculations. The film also showed the creation of the ENIAC
How was the ENIAC programmed
The ENIAC was programmed by setting switches and inserting patch cables to route data and control signal between various functional units
What time period is Muhammad ibn Must al-Khwarizmi associated with
820s
Why is Muhammad ibn Must al-Khwarizmi remembered
Discovered and wrote a book on Algorithms/Algebra
What time period is John Napier associated with
1614
Why is John Napier remembered
Invented logarithms as a way to simplify difficult mathematical computations
What time period is the first slide rule associated with
1622
What time period is Blaise Pascal associated with
1642
Why is Blaise Pascal remembered
Pascal designed and built a mechanical calculator named the Pascaline
What time period is Gottfried Leibnitz associated with
1673
Why is Gottfried Leibnitz remembered
Constructed a mechanical calculator called Leibnitz’s Wheel
What time period is considered the 0th generation of computing
1800-1950
What is the 0th generation of computing known for
Mechanical Computing
What time period is Joseph Jacquard associated with
1801
Why is Joseph Jacquard remembered
Designed an automated loom that used punched cards to create patterns
What time period is the Luddites associated with
1801
Why are Luddites important
Originally opposed to the new manufacturing technology introduced by the Jacquard Loom
What time period is Charles Babbage associated with
1823
Why is Charles Babbage remembered
Made plans for a Difference Engine to solve math problems and Analytical Machine which was designed
What time period is Ada Lovelace associated with
1823
Why is Ada Lovelace remembered
Wrote programs for Charles Babbage’s digital programmable computer.
What time period is Herman Hollerith associated with
1880
Why is Herman Hollerith Remembered
Designed and built programmable card-processing machines to read, tally, and sort data on punched cards for the U.S. Census Bureau and founded IBM
What time period is David Hilbert associated with
1900