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The correct answer is: D. Jacquard<\/strong><\/p>\n Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752-1834) was a French weaver and inventor who is credited with the invention of the Jacquard loom, a mechanical loom that used punched cards to control patterns in a weaving machine. The Jacquard loom was a major breakthrough in the textile industry and is considered to be one of the first programmable machines.<\/p>\n Pascal (1623-1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and philosopher. He is considered one of the most influential mathematicians of all time and is best known for his work on probability theory, calculus and the philosophy of mathematics.<\/p>\n Hollerith (1860-1929) was an American inventor and statistician who is best known for his invention of the Hollerith tabulating machine, a machine that used punched cards to tabulate data. The Hollerith tabulating machine was used in the 1890 United States Census and is considered to be one of the first computers.<\/p>\n Babbage (1791-1871) was an English mathematician, inventor, mechanical engineer and polymath. He is considered to be one of the first computer scientists and is best known for his work on the Analytical Engine, a mechanical computer that was never built.<\/p>\n None of the above is not the correct answer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [amp_mcq option1=”Pascal” option2=”Hollerith” option3=”Babbage” option4=”Jacquard E. None of the above” correct=”option4″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[727],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-fundamental-miscellaneous","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"\n