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4 Facts about DOS What is DOS: Explained DOS is an acronym for Disk Operating System that runs on the disk drive. […]
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Who Was Grace Hopper? Grace Hopper was an American computer scientist and U.S Naval Officer, best known for her work […]
7 Facts about BASIC Programming Language Before Java, Python, and other programming languages, there was the BASIC programming language. It is […]
: Who Was George Stibitz George Stibitz was an American inventor and computer pioneer. He is best known for his time […]
: Who Was Konrad Zuse? Konrad Zuse was a German civil engineer, computer scientist, inventor, and businessman. He was born in […]
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History of Computers and Computing, The birth of the modern computer, First relays computers The relay computers were huge, slow, expensive, […]
: The history of quantum mechanics and the famous Manhattan Project cannot be mentioned without Edward Condon. The roles he […]
5 Facts about Sphere 1 Computer Sphere 1 Computer History The Spherical I was a personal computer designed by Michael Donald Wise […]
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: Howard Aiken proved that a machine could be programmed to execute an errorless series of commands in a predetermined […]
3 Facts About Wang 2200 Computer The History of Wang 2200 Computer: What to Know The Wang 2200 Computer made its first […]
In November 1975, the electronics engineer Robert M. (Bob) Marsh founded the Processor Technology company in Berkeley, California. He […]
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5 Facts About The TRS-80: The first units were delivered in November 1977, unseen, and went on sale in the third […]
While the name might not ring a bell, the Sinclair ZX80 computer is one of the most important predecessors to […]
4 Facts about Simon Personal Communicator The History of Simon Personal Communicator: What to Know Touted as the world’s first smartphone, the […]
The SCELBI-8H was a personal computer that came in a kit form or assembled. It featured the 8-bit Intel 8008 […]
In 1987, the Texas Instruments’ engineer John Fairbanks (EE ’71 ’71’71 from Missouri University of Science and Technology) started […]
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At the time (around the middle of the 20th century) when a few people knew the word “computer”, and the […]
Four Facts About the Xerox NoteTaker The History of Xerox NoteTaker: What to Know The NoteTaker was one of the first portable […]
Macintosh History The Macintosh, or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers manufactured by Apple Inc. The […]
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The Micral Computer was created in 1973 by the French company Réalisation d’Études Électroniques. This was a series of micro-computers […]
4 Facts About Osborne 1 The History of Osborne 1: What to know Released on April 3, 1981, Osborne 1 is touted […]
Three Facts About IBM PC 5150 The History of IBM PC 5150: What To Know The biggest computer manufacturer in the world […]
Five Facts about Portable Computer Portable Computer History The Osborne 1 was the first commercially successful portable computer made by the Osborne […]
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Many of today’s most essential electronic devices started as nothing more than just a small idea in a laboratory at […]
5 Facts About Kenbak-1 Kenbak-1 History Kenbak-1 is famously regarded as the first stored-program personal computer created. Created by John V. Blankenbaker […]
While companies like IBM have stood the test of time and remain instantly recognizable brand names in the computer world, […]
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The History of Digital Group: What to know The Digital Group was a Denver, Colorado-based firm created in 1974 by Robert Suding, […]
From today’s perspective, a calculator is decidedly not a computer. You couldn’t do a fraction of the things on a […]
The History of DynaBook: A Complete Guide Ph.D. candidate Alan Kay envisions the concept of the DynaBook in 1968. He originally […]
Three Facts about Hewlett Packard 9100A The History of Hewlett Packard 9100A: What To Know Development of the Hewlett-Packard 9100A started in […]
Grid Compass William (Bill) Moggridge (b. 1943), a British industrial and interaction designer, the current director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Cooper-Hewitt, […]
Computer Trainer Model 650 The Computer Trainer Model 650 (named also CT-650), developed by Irving Becker, was one of the earliest […]
Datapoint 2200 was a standalone computer terminal that performed several functions, including printing payroll checks, tracking inventory, and recording shipments. […]
Can you imagine a world where our computers, phones, tablets, televisions, and even something as simple as our car’s digital […]
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Commodore 64 (commonly known as the C64 or CBM 64) was manufactured by Commodore Business Machine (CBM) in August 1982 […]
4 Facts About Apple II The Apple II’s central processor unit was based on a MOS 6502 CPU. It came with […]
4 Facts About The MITS Altair 8800 The MITS Altair 8800 was the first customizable microcomputer. It can be thought of […]
Release Date 1st March 1973 Creator Butler Lampson, Charles P. (Chuck) Thacker Original Price $32,000 Units Sold 2000+ 3 Facts About the Xerox Alto Computer The Xerox Alto was […]
Whirlwind Computer Jay Wright Forrester was born on July 14, 1918, and grew up on a cattle ranch in Anselmo, Nebraska, […]
Three Facts about the SSEM In the early days of computers, sometimes all it took to change the history books was […]
History of Computers and Computing, The birth of the modern computer So, who invented the computer?(Un)fortunately, there is not a simple […]
4 Facts About PDP-1 PDP-1: History The PDP-1 is the sixth generation minicomputer that employs micro-alloy transistors. When the PDP-1 (Programmed Data Processor-1) computer […]
Five Facts about Ferranti Mark 1 Computer The History of Ferranti Mark 1 Computer: What to know The machine was invented by […]
5 Facts about SAGE Computer System SAGE Computer System History Jay Forrester (designer of the Whirlwind computer) and George Valley, two academics […]
History of Computers and Computing, The birth of the electronic computer, Electronic computer ABC (Atanasoff/Berry Computer), John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry, […]
6 Facts about The DEC PDP-11 Computer The History of The DEC PDP-11 Computer: What to know The first commercial minicomputer introduced […]
: The History of Cray: What to Know From the world’s fastest computer in the 1970s to modern exascale computing, Cray […]
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6 Facts about ENIAC Computer The History of ENIAC Computer: What to know ENIAC’s and its contemporaries’ origins may be traced back […]
: The ABC of John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry Working on his doctoral thesis in theoretical physics at the University of […]
: Colossus computer of Max Newman and Tommy Flowers WWII hindered the progress for computer inventors like Atanasoff and Zuse, but […]
