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The history of computers goes back over 200 years. At first theorized by mathematicians and entrepreneurs, during the 19th century mechanical calculating machines were designed and built to solve ...
The history of computers from 1930 to the present is a story of extraordinary progress, tracing humanity’s journey from ...
The first electronic computer was built during the 1940s by John Vincent Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa State University, and one of his students, Clifford E. Berry. But ...
Personal Computers (1970s–1980s) The Altair 8800 and later computers like the Apple II and IBM PC helped popularize personal computing in the 1970s and 80s.
CHRONOLOGY-Key dates in the history of the personal computer By Reuters January 6, 20094:05 PM PSTUpdated January 6, 2009 ...
Wearable computers, functional devices that are worn on the body, are becoming increasingly common. We look at 10 of the weirdest and coolest wearable-computing devices, from futuristic visors to ...
UVA Associate Professor of Data Science Mar Hicks, and author of "Computer Love: Replicating Social Order Through Early Computer Dating Systems," discusses the history of computerized matchmaking.
Inspired by A New History of Modern Computing by Thomas Haigh and Paul E. Ceruzzi. But the selection of key events in the journey from ENIAC to Tesla, from Data Processing to Big Data, is mine ...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 19: Old computers are displayed at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) ...