print email comment close Abacus to ENIAC: Highlights in the History of Computing URL: http://www.upenn.edu/computing/printout/archive/v12/4/abacus.html Description: Brief timeline listing important events in the development of computing devices, ending in 1946 when ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), the first general-purpose electronic computer, was unveiled. Computing devices include the abacus, the quipu, Blaise Pascal's invention of an adding machine in 1642, Joseph Marie Jacquard's work on an automatic loom using punch cards in the early 1800s, and more. From PennPrintout, The University of Pennsylvania's Online Computing Magazine. Publisher: University of Pennsylvania LII Database Information: Record 26649 created by Maria Brandt on 08/04/2008 Last modification on 08/13/2008 Published: 08/13/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26649