Study Sheet – Computer History
  1. Charles Babbage, a British Mathemician, designed early computers called the Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine, but he never got to build them.

  2. The Eniac computer, at University of Pennsylvania, was created by Eckert & Mauchly and was one of the 1st electronic digital computers (eliminated the need for moving parts)

  3. Herman Hollerith introduced punched cards to help compile the 1890 census.