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3 Facts about Atlas Computer Atlas Computer History The Atlas computer was developed by Tom Kilburn, an inventor and professor at the […]
4 Facts about Magnetic Tape Magnetic Tape History The magnetic tape is the oldest memory media for computers, still in use today. […]
5 Facts About Computer Scanners Computer Scanner: History In the world of computers, the scanner is a device that optically scans images, […]
4 Facts about the Semiconductor Transistor Semiconductor Transistor History Alessandro Volta was the first to use “semiconducting” in 1782. In 1833, Michael […]
4 Facts About DATAR What Is DATAR: Explained A digital battlefield information system, called DATAR, or Digital Automated Tracking and Resolving, was innovated. DATAR […]
4 Facts about Touch Screen Touch Screen History The concept of now-ubiquitous touch screen interface was put into words in October 1965, […]
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Electromechanical Relay The electromechanical relay, used as a constructive part of some early calculators and computers (see computers of Zuse, Aiken […]
3 Facts About The Modem “Modem” is an abbreviation of the device’s function, which is to act as a modulator-demodulator for […]
Four Facts about the Printed Circuit Board Printed Circuit Board History After Gustav Tauschek, another Viennese engineer and inventor, Paul Eisler, made […]
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When you think about the history of the computer mouse, all credit goes to Douglas Engelbart and Bill English. Their […]
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3 Facts About Microprocessor Microprocessor History Microprocessors are computer processors containing logic, arithmetic, and control circuitry needed for a computer’s CPU to function […]
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: 3 Facts about Liquid Crystal Display Liquid Crystal Display History A liquid crystal display (LCD) is a flat and thin panel […]
5 Facts about Hard Disk Hard Disk History Hard disks, otherwise regarded as hard drives or disk drives, are magnetic disks used […]
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: Magnetic drum memory was a magnetic data storage device. Since its founding in 1932, the drum became the backbone […]
Computer keyboards are peripheral data input devices modeled after the typewriter keyboards era. Since the 1970s, computer keyboards have seen […]
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6 Facts About Laser Printer IBM invented the first laser printer in 1985. It was known as the IBM 3800 and was […]
: Most people know that the floppy disk was developed in 1967 by a team led by Alan Shugart at […]
: Compact Disc History The first workable digital compact disc device, the precursor on now-ubiquitous CD/DVDs, was invented in the late […]
: Modern-day display technologies continue to improve with each passing year, but throughout the mid-1900s, they didn’t really move an […]
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about Dynamic Random Access Memory: Dynamic Random Access Memory: History Robert Dennard invented Dynamic Random Access Memory-DRAM, which is now […]
About the Thermionic Tube: Thermionic Tube History The thermionic tube has gone by many names throughout the timeline of its […]
about Audion Vacuum Tube Audion Vacuum Tube: History Gas flames had been electrically conductive since about the middle of the […]
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IC stands for integrated circuit. This specifically refers to the use of condensed circuitry instead of the older methods […]
about Tabulating Machines Some significant facts about Tabulating machines are as follows. Tabulating Machine: History The Tabulating Machine was made for […]
Optical character recognition, often abbreviated as OCR, plays an enormous part in the text recognition software many of us rely […]
: Universal Serial Bus Specs Versions Maximum Data Transfer Speed Connector Types Maximum Cable Length Maximum Charging Power USB 1 12MBps Type A & Type B 3m 500mA USB-2 480Mpbs Supports all […]
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The Abaque Rhabdologique of Claude Perrault The Parisian doctor of medicine Claude Perrault (see biography of Claude Perrault) was a remarkable […]
Wilhelm Schickard Wilhelm Schickard (see biography of Schickard) was born in the small south German town Herrenberg (near Tübingen) and […]
: Mechanical Calculators: History Up to the end of the 17th century, among the most prominent polymaths and encyclopedic scientists of […]
: The Sketch of Leonardo da Vinci (Created with the expert advice of Mr. Silvio Hénin, Milan, Italy) Leonardo da Vinci (see […]
Who Was Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz? Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a well-known German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. Noted for his independent […]
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Pascaline Calculator History Blaise Pascal invented the Pascaline Calculator. Pascal was considered a child prodigy and was gifted in a […]
: The Calculating Machines of Sir Samuel Morland The polymath Samuel Morland (see biography of Samuel Morland), was a notable English […]
: René Grillet de Roven In 1673 the Parisian mechanician and watchmaker of His Royal Highness King Louis XIV—René Grillet de […]
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Who is Alexander Rechnitzer? Alexander Rechnitzer was an exceptionally gifted mechanic and inventor who laid the ground for fully automatic calculating […]
: Who was Ryoichi Yazu? Ryoichi Yazu was a Japanese inventor. He is well known for his invention of Japan’s first […]
: Victor Adding Machine Victor Adding Machine Co. was established in Chicago in 1918, with the chief designer (and one of […]
History of Computers and Computing, Mechanical calculators, 20th century, Wales Charles Wales Charles Wales, a genius of mechanical motion and a native […]
4 Facts About Curta Calculator Some major facts about the Curta calculator are as follows: Due to its design and mode of […]
History of Computers and Computing, Mechanical calculators, 20th century, Hopkins William and Hubert Hopkins machines The Hopkins brothers, William and Hubert, […]
Dalton Adding Machine James Lewis Dalton (1866-1926) (see biography of James Lewis Dalton) was a successful businessman and amateur mechanic from […]
Ensign Electric Calculating Machine Ensign Electric Calculating Machine is a highly developed, electrically driven adding and subtracting machine, particularly suited for […]
History of Computers and Computing, Mechanical calculators, 20th century, Gauss of Christel Hamann Gauss of Christel Hamann The German engineer Christel Hamann […]
Mathias Bäuerle elder (1838-1916) and his son Tobias Bäuerle (1863-1933) Mathias Bäuerle In 1903, the German clock manufacturer from Schwarzwäld—Bäuerle Uhrenfabrik (Clock […]
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3 Facts about Winter’s Keyboard Adder Winter’s Keyboard Adder History On April 12, 1859, Caroline Winter presented her Keyboard, which was called […]
James White Many thanks to Mr. Denis Roegel, Professor at Loria, France, for his seminal work on White’s adding machine In 1822, […]
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Twilight of the gods – 20th century The 20th century is a time of ubiquity and decline of mechanical calculating machines. […]
Ramón Verea In 1878 Ramón Silvestre Verea García (1833-1899), a Spaniard, newspaper publisher in New York, patented a direct-multiplying machine, which […]
Portrait of Abraham Stern (with one of his calculating machines) from 1823, artist Jan Antoni Blank The problem with the world […]
Long before the hand-held calculators, there was the millionaire calculator machine—a large, clunky, and expensive mechanical machine that performed direct […]
