History of computing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The history of computing is longer than the history of computing hardware and modern computing technology and includes the history of methods intended for pen and paper or for chalk and slate, with ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing
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history of computing, computerhistory, history of computers ... Last update: 5 December, 2009 ... Computermuseum (Dutch NL); Historia Komputera (Poland); Kiev Computermuseum; PCMuseo (Mexico); The Core Memory (Latvia); Bonami Game Computermuseum (Dutch NL)
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Detailed information including early pioneers and companies, archives, languages, and networking from the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech.
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ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/
ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/
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Babbage's proposed Difference Engine was a special-purpose digital computing machine for the automatic production of mathematical tables (such as logarithm tables, tide tables, and astronomical tables). The Difference Engine consisted entirely of mechanical components ... This entry surveys the history of these machines.
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plato.stanford.edu/entries/computing-history/
plato.stanford.edu/entries/computing-history/
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This timeline explores the history of computing from 1939 to 1994. Each year features illustrated descriptions of significant innovations in hardware and software technology, as well as milestones in areas such as commercial applications and artificial intelligence.
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www.computerhistory.org/timeline/
www.computerhistory.org/timeline/
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Stephen White's, 'A Brief History of Computing' ... The next major step in the history of computing was the invention of the transistor in 1947. This replaced the inefficient valves with a much smaller and more reliable component.
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trillian.randomstuff.org.uk/~stephen/history/
trillian.randomstuff.org.uk/~stephen/history/
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A Brief History of the Computer (b.c. – 1993a.d.) (A paper written in the mid 1990s detailing the history of computing up until that point.) ... A step towards automated computing was the development of punched cards, ... The history of computers starts out about 2000 years ago, at the birth of the abacus, a wooden rack...
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Neatorama has a fun overview of the early history of computing, discussing famous computing devices like the Antikythera Mechanism and Babbage's Difference Engine, as well as ones I'd heard of but never actually seen, like Leibniz' Stepped Reckoner.
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gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/01/25/history-of-computing....
gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/01/25/history-of-computing.html
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