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This page is dedicated to the history of computing in general, and the history of personal computing in particular. Here, you will find a lot of bits...
I produced this lecture several years ago. History is history so most of what's said is still accurate. The links to many of the historical figures ch...
The evolution of the first recognizably modern computers in the 1940&'s and early 1950&'s is an epic story of innovation, collaboration, secrecy, and...
1623: Mechanical calculator Wilhelm Schickard invented first known mechanical calculator, capable of simple arithmetic. Similar mechanical adding ma...
The computer was born not for entertainment or email but out of a need to solve a serious number-crunching crisis. By 1880 the U.S. population had gro...
Overview I define three classes of computers based on size and wealth of user (all prices adjusted to US dollars in late 1990's): A. High-end s...
In 1974, Gary Kildall was a programming teacher at the U.S. Navy Postgraduate school in California. Excited by the potential of Intel's new programmab...
A few interesting links related to computer history....
1st Generation Computers First Generation Vacuum Tubes 2nd Generation Computers Second Generation Transistors 3rd Generation Computers Third Ge...
Countless pages about the Internet and histories of various computer-related topics....
An example of an abacus, a digital computer driven by fingers instead of electricity which has been used for over 2,000 years....
The purpose of this web site is to provide a repository of articles and photos relating to the history of computer hardware, software, programming lan...
The Mark-8 Minicomputer was the third microprocessor based computer ever made available to the public, second in America, and the first to grace the c...
Many Mechanical Machines Back again with another roundup of websites promoting some history. This weeks focus is on the computers and other machine...
Quick Timeline 1000: The abacus gained widespread acceptance in Europe. 1617: John Napier, discoverer of logarithms, invented a calculating device b...
Charles Babbage designed the first computer, starting in 1823. Though not completed until 1990 (?), his Difference Engine worked. Ada King, Countess o...
The Computer History Museum is dedicated to the preservation and celebration of computing history. We are home to one of the largest international col...
Wikipedia write-up on the Computer History Museum...
The Computer History Simulation Project is a loose Internet-based collective of people interested in restoring historically significant computer hardw...
-The dates, people and events that led to the first computers -The code-breaking machine Colossus -Alan Turing and Computing Machinery -Beginner’...
This History Timeline has been developed to provide a 'snapshot' of the famous people and events during this historical time period. Important dates...
The following is a computer history timeline outlining some significant events in computer history. It is by no means meant to be complete but it...
The computer history timeline has continued to change significantly since the 1930s when computer technology exploded with new developments. Since the...
The pace at which computers get updated is getting faster and faster. We are no longer impressed by the giant leaps humanity sometimes takes when it c...
Last update 2001....
The Computer History section of Computer Hope is another section and added bonus of using Computer Hopes free service. Within our time line you will f...
In computing, a keyboard is a typewriter-style keyboard, which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys, to act as mechanical levers or electronic switc...
Of course, there are many aspects to the architecture of a computer besides its instruction set. As an example of a user-interface element that varies...
A computer language is the means by which instructions and data are transmitted to computers. Put another way, computer languages are the interface be...
As we approach the tail end of the alphabet we notice that the number of languages which are available specifically for PCLinuxOS are rapidly decreasi...
Computer Languages Timeline...
Computer Languages History 1954-2003...
Computer memory timeline part 1 of 4 from 1833 to 1951 at Timeline Help. Ever wondered how the data on your computer are stored? The storage or memory...
Designers in the computer industry seek not only to "build the better mousetrap" but to build the best mouse. The computer mouse is an accessory to th...
From the halls of a university research lab to the desks of hundreds of millions of computer users, the computer mouse has come a long way. Douglas En...
The Computer Museum was established in 1991. The emphasis of its collection is on technical and scientific electronic computing equipment, illustratin...
mechanical computers almost computers 1st generation PC 2nd generation PC portable computing home computers apple/next storage systems periphe...
In the computer industry there are plenty of buzzwords that get slung about when talking about the next generation of computer hardware and CPU codena...
To fully understand computer history, it is also necessary to understand the computer programming history. The history of computer programming contain...
This unique computer curriculum offers 3 different environments of graduated complexity: a programmable RPN (Reverse Polish Notation) calculator, an I...
This is a list of people who have made major conceptual breakthroughs in computer science. • Backus, John (1924-2007) - inventor of FORTRAN...
The web site contains many unpublished but seminal technical reports and papers from the 1970s and early 1980s....
Computer software is a package of specific instructions (a program) written in a defined order that tells a computer what to do and how to do it. It i...
Wikipedia entry for computer software...
Our new permanent exhibition “Computerspiele. Evolution eines Mediums” ("Computer Games. Evolution of a Medium") opened on the 21st of January, 20...
Okay, I don't know a whole lot about computers, or programming, but what I do know will be posted here as time permits. It will mostly be notes, tip...
Computer surveillance is the act of performing surveillance of computer activity, and of data stored on a hard drive or being transferred over the Int...
Adam Family Computer System by Colecovision (thanks Kunga, Taylor Barcroft and others) Access Actrix DS (thanks Nancy Noe) Acorn Archimedes (thanks...
