Computer History

1. Was the first video game and was a black/white television version of tennis.
3. Had magnetic core memories and higher level programming languages.
6. Calculations made by sliding beads back and forth on a frame.
7. He founded the Microsoft Corporation.
9. He investigated the idea of a high speed calculator.
10. She helped write programs to work on Babbage's Analytical Engine, and was one of the first programmers.
13. A French weaver that realized that weaving instructions for his loom could be stored on cards with holes in them.
15. Was an American computer scientist and was a Rear Admiral in the US Navy.
17. Consisted of numbers carved into pieces of bone or wood divided into squares.

1. Was a mechanical adding machine.
2. He developed a card sorter which could sort cards into 12 groups at a rate of 300 cards per minute.
4. Best known as a tech visionary while being the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple, Inc.
5. He developed the turning machine.
8. He was impressed with Jacquard's work, so he granted him a lifetime pension and royalty payments.
11. It was the best known as the computer choice for schools because of its ease of use and reliability.
12. He thought of a device that would calculate numbers to the twentieth place and then print them at 44 digits a minute.
14. Invented a device called the Stepped Reckoner.
16. It was one of the largest software producers in the world.