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4 Facts About The Logic Theorist Logic Theorist History The inspiration for the Logic Theorist was sparked by various moments of pure […]
History of Linux In April 1991, Linus Torvalds, a 21-year-old student of computer science at the University of Helsinki, Finland, […]
The concept of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) — also known as transforming an image of printed text into a text […]
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The relay computers were huge, slow, expensive, and often undependable machines, but nevertheless, they deserve our attention, because they were […]
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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At the time (around the middle of the 20th century) when few people knew the word “computer”, and most of […]
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 […]
Five Facts about Portable Computer Portable Computer History The Osborne 1 was the first commercially successful portable computer made by the Osborne […]
While companies like IBM have stood the test of time and remain instantly recognizable brand names in the computer world, […]
Grid Compass William (Bill) Moggridge (b. 1943), a British industrial and interaction designer, the current director of the Smithsonian Institution’s […]
Can you imagine a world where our computers, phones, tablets, televisions, and even something as simple as our car’s digital […]
Three Facts about the SSEM In the early days of computers, sometimes all it took to change the history books was […]
Whirlwind Computer Jay Wright Forrester was born on July 14, 1918, and grew up on a cattle ranch in Anselmo, […]
So, who invented the computer? (Un)fortunately, there is no simple answer to this question. The modern computer is such a complex […]
ABC (Atanasoff/Berry Computer), John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry, 1939 Colossus, Maxwell Newman and Thomas Flowers, 1943 ENIAC, John Mauchly and John Eckert, […]
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5 Facts about the SAGE Computer System SAGE Computer System History Jay Forrester (designer of the Whirlwind computer) and George Valley, two […]
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 went […]
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 the Semiconductor Transistor Semiconductor Transistor History Alessandro Volta was the first to use “semiconducting” in 1782. In 1833, Michael […]
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 Magnetic Tape Magnetic Tape History The magnetic tape is the oldest memory media for computers, still in use today. […]
4 Facts About Touch Screen Touch Screen History The concept of the now-ubiquitous touchscreen interface was put into words in October 1965, […]
Four Facts about the Printed Circuit Board Printed Circuit Board History After Gustav Tauschek, another Viennese engineer and inventor, Paul Eisler, made […]
Electromechanical Relay The electromechanical relay, used as a constructive part of some early calculators and computers (see computers of Zuse, […]
