History+of+Computer+in+rhyme

= The History of Computers in Clerihews = Philospher Blaise Pascal Was a mathematical rascal Who thought a machine would make adding easier to do So he invented the Pascaline in 1642 [|Pascal.doc]

Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz Was a mathematical wiz He invented the Stepped Reckoner and the Leibniz Wheel It didn’t work well but that’s no big deal [|Leibniz.doc]

In 1810, Joseph Jacquard Punched holes in a card Which for workers of a loom Was an information boon [|Jacquard.doc]

In 1822, Charles Babbage Tried and tried to manage To aid navigation with his Analytical Engine. That it didn’t quite work, I guess I should mention. [|Babbage.doc]

Ada Augusts, Countess of Lovelace Born and raised at Lord Byron’s place Fought tooth, nail and hammer To become the first programmer [|Lovelace.doc]

The tabulating machine of Herman Hollerith Was never a myth It worked for the census of 1880 so well That he formed IBM, his machines for to sell [|Hollerith.doc]

In the 30s, led by Howard Aiken At Harvard U a machine they were makin’ The Mark I used zeros and ones 51 feet long and weighed five tons [|Aiken.doc]

In 1943, Mauchly and Eckert From the military got the alert To make the ENIAC weighing 30 ton A computer it was when all was done [|Eckert.doc]

To John Atanasoff Our hats we doff He developed a computer called ABC And won the Medal of Technology [|Atanasoff.doc]

Then in the 40s, said John von Newmann With help from my friends, I’m sure that I can Store instructions in a CPU Input it, process it and output data too [|Newmann.doc]

Commodore Grace Hopper Didn’t tell a whopper She said the computer she’d debug And out came a moth with a gentle tug [|Hopper.doc]