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by bfilmfan
Tortoise shell.
An unknown Peiliganger in 6600 BC was the first person to represent language through graphical means.
Luckily, the Internet finally arrived where you can google your homework questions and get an answer.
by jdclyde
by ontheropes
Every creature's got 'em.
Dunno that it was necessarily an 'invention' - more of a necessity. :^0
by ontheropes
The punch card, the first storage mechanism used with a mechanical computer, was introduced by Herman Hollerith in 1886 to help the U.S. Bureau of the Census calculate demographic data. The punch card concept was actually developed by Charles Babbage and was demonstrated in his 1833 design of the Analytical Engine. Although Babbage's engine was never built, it provided a model for Hollerith and others. Punch cards allowed computer operators to automatically repeat arithmetic operations on numbers that were represented by holes punched into successive cards.
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