1) 1821 a) Steve Jobs also dropped out of university at the age of 21, to start his company Apple. b) Charles Babbage drew up the plans for The Difference Engine while still a student at Cambridge University. c) Pascal invented a calculator to help work out taxes. d) Joseph-Marie Jacquard used punched cards to control his weaving looms. 2) 1972 a) Charles Babbage drew up the plans for The Difference Engine while still a student at Cambridge University. b) Joseph-Marie Jacquard used punched cards to control his weaving looms. c) Steve Jobs also dropped out of university at the age of 21, to start his company Apple. d) Howard Aiken claimed that six electronic digital computers would be sufficient to satisfy the computing needs of the entire United States. 3) 1936 a) Alan Turing proved that a machine capable of processing a stream of 1s and 0s would be capable of solving any problem. b) Charles Babbage drew up the plans for The Difference Engine while still a student at Cambridge University. c) Lady Augusta Ada was the first computer programmer and created programs for Babbage’s machines. d) Tommy Flowers invented “Colossus”, the world's first electronic, digital, programmable computer. 4) 1614 a) John Napier invented “logarithms” to help reduce errors when performing calculations. b) Apple announced the release of the iPod. c) YouTube was founded. d) Howard Aiken claimed that six electronic digital computers would be sufficient to satisfy the computing needs of the entire United States. 5) 1959 a) Apple announced the release of the iPod. b) Bill Gates sold a computer that he had built and programmed to Seattle to allow them to count their city traffic. c) Charles Babbage drew up the plans for The Difference Engine while still a student at Cambridge University. d) Dr. Hopper developed the programming language known as COBOL. 6) 1801 a) Pascal invented a calculator to help work out taxes. b) Joseph-Marie Jacquard used punched cards to control his weaving looms. c) Alan Turing proved that a machine capable of processing a stream of 1s and 0s would be capable of solving any problem. d) Bill Gates sold a computer that he had built and programmed to Seattle to allow them to count their city traffic. 7) 1840 a) Lady Augusta Ada was the first computer programmer and created programs for Babbage’s machines. b) Apple announced the release of the iPod. c) Howard Aiken claimed that six electronic digital computers would be sufficient to satisfy the computing needs of the entire United States. d) Dr. Hopper developed the programming language known as COBOL. 8) 1644 a) YouTube was founded. b) Alan Turing proved that a machine capable of processing a stream of 1s and 0s would be capable of solving any problem. c) Bill Gates sold a computer that he had built and programmed to Seattle to allow them to count their city traffic. d) Pascal invented a calculator to help work out taxes. 9) 1947 a) Howard Aiken claimed that six electronic digital computers would be sufficient to satisfy the computing needs of the entire United States. b) Alan Turing proved that a machine capable of processing a stream of 1s and 0s would be capable of solving any problem. c) Steve Jobs also dropped out of university at the age of 21, to start his company Apple. d) Tommy Flowers invented “Colossus”, the world's first electronic, digital, programmable computer. 10) 2001 a) Alan Turing proved that a machine capable of processing a stream of 1s and 0s would be capable of solving any problem. b) Apple announced the release of the iPod. c) Dr. Hopper developed the programming language known as COBOL. d) Pascal invented a calculator to help work out taxes. 11) 1943 a) Tommy Flowers invented “Colossus”, the world's first electronic, digital, programmable computer. b) Lady Augusta Ada was the first computer programmer and created programs for Babbage’s machines. c) Howard Aiken claimed that six electronic digital computers would be sufficient to satisfy the computing needs of the entire United States. d) Joseph-Marie Jacquard used punched cards to control his weaving looms. 12) 2005 a) Dr. Hopper developed the programming language known as COBOL. b) YouTube was founded. c) Lady Augusta Ada was the first computer programmer and created programs for Babbage’s machines. d) Joseph-Marie Jacquard used punched cards to control his weaving looms. 13) 1973 a) Howard Aiken claimed that six electronic digital computers would be sufficient to satisfy the computing needs of the entire United States. b) Bill Gates sold a computer that he had built and programmed to Seattle to allow them to count their city traffic. c) Charles Babbage drew up the plans for The Difference Engine while still a student at Cambridge University. d) Dr. Hopper developed the programming language known as COBOL.

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