This document provides a brief history of calculating devices and early computers, from the abacus through the 1940s. It mentions the abacus, Napier's bones, the slide rule, Pascal's calculator, Jacquard's loom, Babbage's Difference Engine, the Mark I computer, ENIAC, EDVAC, and UNIVAC as important early calculating devices and computers. The document is presented as a timeline with accompanying logos or images for each technology.