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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 Touch Screen Touch Screen History The concept of the now-ubiquitous touchscreen interface was put into words in October 1965, […]
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 Magnetic Tape Magnetic Tape History The magnetic tape is the oldest memory media for computers, still in use today. […]
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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Four Facts about the Printed Circuit Board Printed Circuit Board History After Gustav Tauschek, another Viennese engineer and inventor, Paul Eisler, made […]
3 Facts About The Modem Modem History The earliest types of modems have been around since the 1920s. Back then the main […]
Electromechanical Relay The electromechanical relay, used as a constructive part of some early calculators and computers (see computers of Zuse, […]
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Few accessories have proven as essential and critical as the keyboard over the history of the personal computer. Today, having […]
6 Facts About Laser Printer Laser Printer: History The first laser printer was introduced by Gary Starkweather, a product development engineer at […]
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: Magnetic drum memory was a magnetic data storage device. Since its founding in 1932, the drum became the backbone […]
5 Facts about Hard Disk Hard Disk History Hard disks, otherwise regarded as hard drives or disk drives, are magnetic disks used […]
: 3 Facts about Liquid Crystal Display Liquid Crystal Display History A liquid crystal display (LCD) is a flat and thin panel […]
: Most people know that the floppy disk was developed in 1967 by a team led by Alan Shugart at […]
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About the Thermionic Tube: Thermionic Tube History The thermionic tube has gone by many names throughout the timeline of its […]
about Dynamic Random Access Memory Dynamic Random Access Memory: History Robert Dennard invented Dynamic Random Access Memory-DRAM, which is now […]
: Modern-day display technologies continue to improve with each passing year, but throughout the mid-1900s, they didn’t really move an […]
: Compact Disc History The first workable digital compact disc device, the precursor to now-ubiquitous CD/DVDs, was invented in the late […]
: 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 […]
Optical character recognition, often abbreviated as OCR, plays an enormous part in the text recognition software many of us rely […]
about Tabulating Machines Some significant facts about Tabulating machines are as follows. Tabulating Machine: History The Tabulating Machine was made for […]
IC stands for integrated circuit. This specifically refers to the use of condensed circuitry instead of the older methods […]
about Audion Vacuum Tube Audion Vacuum Tube: History Gas flames had been electrically conductive since about the middle of the […]
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: Mechanical Calculators: History Up to the end of the 17th century, among the most prominent polymaths and encyclopedic scientists of […]
Wilhelm Schickard Wilhelm Schickard (see biography of Schickard) was born in the small south German town Herrenberg (near Tübingen) and […]
: The Sketch of Leonardo da Vinci (Created with the expert advice of Mr. Silvio Hénin, Milan, Italy) Leonardo da Vinci (see […]
Pascaline Calculator History Blaise Pascal invented the Pascaline Calculator. Pascal was considered a child prodigy and was gifted in a […]
Who Was Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz? Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a well-known German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. Noted for his independent […]
: René Grillet de Roven In 1673 the Parisian mechanician and watchmaker of His Royal Highness King Louis XIV — René […]
: The Calculating Machines of Sir Samuel Morland The polymath Samuel Morland (see biography of Samuel Morland), was a notable English […]
Victor Adding Machine Co. was established in Chicago in 1918, with the chief designer (and one of the 3 […]
: Who was Ryoichi Yazu? Ryoichi Yazu was a Japanese inventor. He is well known for his invention of Japan’s first […]
Charles Wales Charles Wales, a genius of mechanical motion and a native of Maryland, who lived in the early 1900s […]
Dalton Adding Machine James Lewis Dalton (1866-1926) (see biography of James Lewis Dalton) was a successful businessman and amateur mechanic […]
William and Hubert Hopkins machines The Hopkins brothers, William and Hubert, from Saint Louis, are the holders of more than […]
4 Facts About Curta Calculator Some major facts about the Curta calculator are as follows: Curta Calculator History Curt Herzstark’s Curta is a […]
Gauss of Christel Hamann The German engineer Christel Hamann (1870-1948) (biography of Hamann) is an outstanding figure in the world […]
Ensign Electric Calculating Machine Ensign Electric Calculating Machine is a highly developed, electrically driven adding and subtracting machine, particularly suited […]
Ramón Verea In 1878 Ramón Silvestre Verea García (1833-1899), a Spaniard, and newspaper publisher in New York, patented a direct-multiplying […]
Twilight of the gods — 20th century The 20th century is a time of ubiquity and decline of mechanical calculating machines. […]
James White Many thanks to Mr. Denis Roegel, Professor at Loria, France, for his seminal work on White’s adding machine. In […]
Mathias Bäuerle In 1903, the German clock manufacturer from Schwarzwäld — Bäuerle Uhrenfabrik (Clock Factory), Sankt Georgen, launched his adding […]
3 Facts about Winter’s Keyboard Adder Winter’s Keyboard Adder History On April 12, 1859, Caroline Winter presented her Keyboard, which was called […]
Joseph Turck Joseph Abraham Valentine Turck (1870-1956) was a famous figure in the world of mechanical calculators. He is the […]
Izrael Abraham Staffel The Polish Jew Izrael Abraham Staffel was born in 1814 to an impoverished family in Warsaw, Poland, […]
: Luigi Torchi was a carpenter and inventor who was credited for inventing the first direct multiplication machine. This […]
Long before the hand-held calculators, there was the millionaire calculator machine—a large, clunky, and expensive mechanical machine that performed direct […]
The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are […]
: Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué In 1844 the French Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué from Strasbourg (see biography of Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué), together with his son […]
