Computer Timeline

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    John Napier

    Created a small calculating device named Napier Bones. It was used for multiplication and division.
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    Ada Lovelace

    Lady Ada Lovelace was the first computer programmer. She wrote her first program to have the user prompt the computer with their own instructions.
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    George Stibitz

    George Stibitz created the telephone. He designed it too.
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    Douglas Engelbart

    Douglas Engelbart created the first prototype of the modern computer in 1964. It came with a mouse and graphical user interface.
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    Sergey Brin

    Sergey Brin and his co-founder, Larry Page, in the year of 1996, created Google while in college. He was born on August 21, 1973. He's still alive today.