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Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to do the following:
  1. Identify and place in proper sequence five of the major inventions in the history of computing.
  2. Discuss succinctly the contributions of each of the following individuals to the field of computing:
    1. Charles Babbage,
    2. Herman Hollerith,
    3. Howard Aiken,
    4. John Atanasoff,
    5. John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, and
    6. John Von Neumann.
  3. Differentiate among the generations of computers according to their technological advances.





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