Lesson 1

Introduction

ICT
Prepared By: Ms. Marizkays Palmiano Jamison, CPE

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Charles Babbage KH FRS was an English
polymath. A mathematician, philosopher,
inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage
originated the concept of a digital
programmable computer. He designed lot of
machines and he was called the”Father of
Computers”.
Born: 26 December 1791, London, United Kingdom
Died: 18 October 1871, Marylebone, United Kingdom
Nationality: British
Children: Benjamin Herschel Babbage, HenryPrevost,MORE
Education: University of Cambridge, Peterhouse,
Cambridge, Trinity College, Cambridge

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 Herman Hollerith was an American inventor
who developed an electromechanical punched
card tabulator to assist in summarizing
information and, later, accounting.
Born: 29 February 1860, Buffalo, New York,
United States
Died: 17 November 1929, Washington, D.C.,
United States
Known for: electromechanical tabulation of
punched card data; IBM
Spouse: Beverley Talcott
Parents: George Brunn Hollerith, Franciska
Brunn Hollerith

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Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of
Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer,
chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's
proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the
Analytical Engine. She also known “Mother of
Computer”.
Born: 10 December 1815, London, United Kingdom
Died: 27 November 1852, Marylebone, United Kingdom
Full name: Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of
Lovelace
Education: University of London
Spouse: William King-Noel, 1st Earl of
Lovelace (m. 1835–1852)
Children: Anne Blunt, 15th Baroness Wentworth

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John Napier of Merchiston; also signed as
Neper, Nepair; nicknamed Marvellous Merchiston
was a Scottish landowner known as a
mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. He
was the 8th Laird of Merchiston. His Latinized
name was Ioannes Neper.
Born: 1550, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Died: 4 April 1617, Merchiston Tower,
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Education: University of St Andrews
Spouse: Elizabeth Stirling (m. 1572–1579)
Known for: Logarithms; Napier's bones; Decimal
notation

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William Ought red was an English
mathematician and Anglican clergyman.
After John Napier invented logarithms
and Edmund Gunter created the logarithmic
scales upon which slide rules are based,
Ought red
Born: 5 March 1574, Eton, United Kingdom
Died: 30 June 1660, Albury, United Kingdom
Nationality: English
Books: Clavis Mathematicae, MORE
Known for: Slide rule, Multiplication sign
Education: King's College, Cambridge (1600), King's
College, Cambridge (1596), Eton College

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Alan Mathison Turing OBE FRS was an
English computer scientist,
mathematician,
logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher,
and theoretical biologist.

Born: 23 June 1912, Maida Vale

Died: 7 June 1954, Wilmslow, United Kingdom
Award: Smith's Prize
Cause of death: Cyanide poisoning
Education: Princeton University (1936–1938)

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John von Neumann was a Hungarian-
American mathematician, physicist,
computer scientist, and polymath.
He made major contributions to a number
of fields, including mathematics, physics,
economics, computing, and statistics.

Born: 28 December 1903, Budapest, Hungary

Died: 8 February 1957, Walter Reed National Military Medical
Center, Bethesda
Education: ETH Zurich, Fasori Gimnázium, Eötvös Loránd
University
Awards: Enrico Fermi Award, Bôcher Memorial Prize

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John Vincent Atanasoff was an American-
Bulgarian physicist and inventor, best
known for being credited with inventing
the first electronic digital computer.
Atanasoff invented the first electronic
digital computer in the 1930s at Iowa
State College.
Born: 4 October 1903, Hamilton, New York,
United States
Died: 15 June 1995, Frederick, Maryland,
United States
Education: University of Wisconsin-
Madison (1930).
Spouse: Alice Atanasoff (m. 1949–
1995), Lura Meeks Atanasoff (m. 1926–1949)
Siblings: Edelina Atanasov, Irving
Atanasov, Margaret Atanasov.
Parents: Iva Lucena Purdy, Ivan Atanasov
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Clifford Edward Berry helped John
Vincent Atanasoff create the first
digital electronic computer in 1939, the
Atanasoff–Berry computer.

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John William Mauchly was an American
physicist who, along with J. Presper Eckert,
designed ENIAC, the first general purpose
electronic digital computer, as well as EDVAC,
BINAC and UNIVAC I, the first commercial
computer made in the United States. Wikipedia
Born: 30 August 1907, Cincinnati, Ohio, United
States
Died: 8 January 1980, Ambler, Pennsylvania,
United States
Education: University of Pennsylvania, Johns
Hopkins University, Ursinus College, McKinley
Technology High School
Parents: Rachel Mauchly, Sebastian Jacob
Mauchly
Awards: IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award
Organizations founded: UNIVAC, Eckert–Mauchly
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  John Adam Presper "Pres" Eckert Jr. was an
American electrical engineer and computer
pioneer. With John Mauchly he designed the
first general-purpose electronic digital
computer, presented the first
 Born: 9 April 1919, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, United States
 Died: 3 June 1995, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania,
United States
 Parents: John Eckert
 Known for: ENIAC
 Education: Moore School of Electrical
Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
 Awards: National Medal of Science for
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Howard Hathaway Aiken was an American
physicist and a pioneer in computing,
being the original conceptual designer
behind IBM's Harvard Mark I computer.
Born: 8 March 1900, Hoboken, New
Jersey, United States
Died: 14 March 1973, St. Louis,
Missouri, United States
Nationality: American
Spouse(s): : Louise Mancill (m. 1939–
1942); Agnes Montgomery (m. 1943–1961);
Mary Aiken (m. 1963–1973);
Education: Harvard University,
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Douglas Carl Engelbart was an
American engineer and inventor, and
an early computer and Internet
pioneer.

Born: 30 January 1925, Portland,

Oregon, United States
Died: 2 July 2013, Atherton,
California, United States
Residence: Atherton, California, U.S
Education: University of California,
Berkeley (1955),
Spouse: Karen O'Leary (m.
2008), Ballard Engelbart (m. 1951–
1997)
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Douglas Engelbart
Became the father of the modern
mouse. He developed a gadget made
with a wooden base using two wheels
to roll back and forth. It was the
first mouse that could fit into a
user's hand.

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 Why is it called a mouse?

It is called a computer mouse because of

the wire that connects the mouse to the
computer. The people who designed it
thought that it looked like the tail on a
mouse. Today, many computer mice use
wireless technology and have no wire.

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Blaise Pascal was a French
mathematician, physicist, inventor,
writer and Catholic theologian. He
was a child prodigy who was educated
by his father, a tax collector in
Rouen.
Born: 19 June 1623, Clermont-
Ferrand, France
Died: 19 August 1662, Paris, France

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New Generation Contributors

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William Henry Gates III is an American
business magnate, investor, author,
philanthropist, humanitarian, and principal
founder of Microsoft Corporation.
 Born: 28 October 1955 (age
62 years), Seattle, Washington, United
States
 Net worth: 92.9 billion USD (2018) Forbes
 Spouse: Melinda Gates (m. 1994)
 Children: Jennifer Katharine Gates, Rory
John Gates, Phoebe Adele Gates
 Did you know: Bill Gates has the highest
amount given to charity ($35 billion) among
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 Entrepreneur and businessman Bill Gates (born
October 28, 1955) and his partner Paul Allen
founded and built the world's largest
software business, Microsoft, through
technological innovation, keen business
strategy and aggressive business tactics. In
the process, Gates became one of the richest
men in the world.
 Bill Gates: 26. Microsoft's cofounder became
a self-made millionaire in 1981 at age 26,
thanks to Microsoft's IPO. The value in his
shares surpassed $1 billion by the time he
was 31, making him the youngest billionaire
ever at the time.

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Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an
American technology entrepreneur and
philanthropist best known for co-founding and
leading Facebook as its chairman and chief
executive officer.

 Born: 14 May 1984 (age 34 years), White

Plains, New York, United States
 Height: 1.71 m
 Net worth: 74.7 billion USD (2018) Forbes
 Spouse: Priscilla Chan (m. 2012)
 Salary: One-dollar salary
 Education: Harvard University (2002–2004

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Steven Paul Jobs was an American
entrepreneur and business magnate. He was the
chairman, chief executive officer, and a co-
founder of Apple Inc., chairman and majority
shareholder of Pixar.
 Born: 24 February 1955, San Francisco,
California, United States
 Died: 5 October 2011, Palo Alto, California,
United States
 Cause of death: Pancreatic neuroendocrine
tumor
 Spouse: Laurene Powell (m. 1991–2011)
 Education: Reed College (1972–1974)

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