Computer History

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Computer History

• 19th Century
• to
• 1959

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Timeline for Computer History

• Triumph of the nerds http//www.pbs.org/nerds/time
  line/
• Extended timeline ancients to moderns
• The early years graphical timeline
• 20th Century timeline

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William Gibson
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The Difference Engine

• 1855. The Industrial Revolution is in full swing
  powered by steam-driven cybernetic Engines.
  Charles Babbage perfects his Analytical Engine
  and the computer age arrives a century ahead of
  its time.

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Charles Babbage
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Difference Machine
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Difference Machine, cont
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Ada King

• Countess of Lovelace and daughter of Lord Byron,
  wrote programs for the Difference Engine, thus
  becoming the world's first programmer

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The ENIAC was

• the first successful electronic digital computer.

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ENIAC 1
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ENIAC 2
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ENIAC 3
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The IBM SSEC
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The IBM 360
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The LGP30 was built by Litton General Precision
in the mid 1950's
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http//www.crowl.org/Lawrence/history/