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    This document provides a timeline of important developments in the history of computing from ancient tally sticks to the first portable computer. It includes the abacus, Napier's bones, the stepped reckoner, the Jacquard loom, the slide rule, the Pascaline, the arithmometer, and the difference engine and analytical engine. Major milestones include the Harvard Mark 1 (1943), the ENIAC (1946), the UNIVAC 1 (1951), the EDVAC (1952), and the first portable computer (1981).

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    This document provides a timeline of important developments in the history of computing from ancient tally sticks to the first portable computer. It includes the abacus, Napier's bones, the stepped reckoner, the Jacquard loom, the slide rule, the Pascaline, the arithmometer, and the difference engine and analytical engine. Major milestones include the Harvard Mark 1 (1943), the ENIAC (1946), the UNIVAC 1 (1951), the EDVAC (1952), and the first portable computer (1981).

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    J. TABULATING N.

    ENIAC
    MACHINE (1890) (1946) HISTORY OF
    COMPUTER
    K. HARVARD O. UNIVAC 1
    MARK 1 (1943) Basic Computing Periods

    L. Z1 (1936-1938) P. EDVAC
    (1952)
    M. ATANOSOFF-
    BERRY Q. THE FIRST
    COMPUTER (1939- PORTABLE
    1942) COMPUTER DONNA T. ROMANO
    (1981) BSBA 1D
    C. NAPIER’S BONES
    Invented by John Napier in 1614. Allowed the operator to
    multiply, divide, and calculate square and cube roots by F. STEPPED
    moving the rods around and placing them in specially
    constructed boards. RECKONER
    Invented by Gottfried Wilhelm
    Leibniz in 1672.The machine
    that can add, subtract, multiply,
    and divide automatically.

    G. JACQUARD LOOM
    z
    The Jacquard Loom is a
    mechanical loom, invented by
    Joseph-Marie Jacquard in 1881.

    A. TALLY STICKS D. SLIDE RULE


    H. ARITHMOMETER
    A tally sticks was an ancient memory aid device to record Invented by William Oughtred in 1622.
    and document numbers, quantities, or even messages. Used primarily for multiplication, A mechanical calculator by
    division, roots, logarithms, and Thomas de Colmar in 1820.
    trigonometry. The first mass calculating
    machine.
    E. PASCALINE
    Invented by Blaise Pascal in 1612. It has its limitation to
    B. addition and subtraction. I. DIFFERENCE ENGINE
    AND ANALYTICAL
    ABACUS ENGINE
    An abacus is a mechanical device
    used to aid an individual in It is the first mechanical
    performing mathematical computer invented by
    calculations. Charles Babbage in 1822
    and 1834.

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