History of Computers and Computing

Wherever you turn, you see and hear about the computer, Internet, information age, etc. During the last several decades, the computer proved to be undoubtedly the most important invention of the human being. What is the reason for this explosive development—social needs, economic incentives or the dream of the human being to create a thinking machine? Who made it possible? When and where actually happened the most important inventions? Who are the pioneers of the computers, networks, and software?
This site will try to answer to some of these questions, providing a huge amount of information about the history of computing and computers, up to year 2000. The information is divided into several sections:

Dreamers — about the old human dream for thinking machine
Calculating tools — from the abacus to the modern gadgets
Mechanical calculators — who was the first and foremost?
Charles Babbage — the father of the modern computer
Birth of the modern computer — let the Sun rise...
Internet — the history of the global network
People — the most important people in the history of computers

According to the great Leonardo da Vinci, there are three classes of people: those who see; those who see, when they are shown; those who do not see. Let's try to fall among at least in the middle category. Have a nice read!