BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
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Herman Hollerith
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Ada Lovelace
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Joseph Marie Jacquard
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Dr. John Mauchly
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Detailed explanation-1: -How does a Jacquard loom work? The Jacquard mechanism, invented by Frenchman Joseph Marie Jacquard and first demonstrated in 1801, simplified the way in which complex textiles such as damask were woven. The mechanism involved the use of thousands of punch cards laced together.
Detailed explanation-2: -Joseph-Marie Jacquard, (born July 7, 1752, Lyon, France-died August 7, 1834, Oullins), French inventor of the Jacquard loom, which served as the impetus for the technological revolution of the textile industry and is the basis of the modern automatic loom.
Detailed explanation-3: -The machine was patented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1804, based on earlier inventions by the Frenchmen Basile Bouchon (1725), Jean Baptiste Falcon (1728), and Jacques Vaucanson (1740).