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The history of computing is longer than the history of computing hardware and modern computing technology and includes the history of methods intended for pen and paper or for chalk and slate, with or without the aid of tables. The timeline of computing presents a summary list of major developments in computing by date.
Concrete devices
Computing is intimately tied to the representation of numbers. But long before abstractions like number arose, there were mathematical concepts to serve the purposes of civilization. These concepts are implicit in concrete practices such as :
- one-to-one correspondence, a rule to count how many items, say on a tally stick, which was eventually abstracted into number;
- comparison to a standard, a method for assuming reproducibility in a measurement, the number of coins, for example;
- the 3-4-5 right triangle was a device for assuring a right angle, using ropes with 12 evenly spaced knots, for example.
Numbers
Eventually, the concept of numbers became concrete and familiar enough for counting to arise, at times with sing-song mnemonics to teach sequences to others. All the known languages have words for at least "one" and "two", and even some animals like the blackbird can distinguish a surprising number of items.
Advances in the numeral system and mathematical notation eventually led to the discovery of mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, squaring, square root, and so forth. Eventually the operations were formalized, and concepts about the operations became understood well enough to be stated formally, and even proven. See, for example Euclid's algorithm for finding the greatest common divisor of two numbers.
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GerGerrey (gerry gurino) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:55:24 -0000
Astaga lu udah ulangan? RT @anwipRTC: siapa yang udah tugas History ? nyontek yaaaa putus asa nih gue ~~~
@andrewschof they only look to 'western' history...use of honey as cure is known well in middle east since middle ages! :)
fluffyhoneybee (R 'Bee' Michael) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:55:22 -0000
@andrewschof they only look to 'western' history...use of honey as cure is known well in middle east since middle ages! :)
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RT @bbcworld: Gavin Hewitt on the night in Berlin when history was made http://bit.ly/4no0zX
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One constant throughout the legendary history of Saturday Night Live: kick ass Barbara Walters impersonations.
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Charles Babbage Institute (CBI) - A research center at the University of Minnesota dedicated to promoting the study and preservation of the history of computing and information processing.
Meta Description: [ Archives and research center for the history of computing, located at University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis ]
Chronology of Personal Computers - Timeline of microcomputers from the development of the microprocessor in the 1960s through to the present day. Includes hardware, software, peripherals, companies, and individuals.
Meta Description: [ Chronology of Personal Computers: timeline of events tracing the history of personal computers, from the late 1960s to date. ]
Computer History Association of California - Non-profit corporation, safeguards and organizes the history of electronic computing, internationally, nationally, and in California. They collect and archive hardware, software, and documents.
Meta Description: [ The history of computing in California, the magazine we publish about it, and the museum we're creating to display it. Links to computer history resources worldwide. ]
Computer History Images - Pictures of many of the pioneering computers.
Computer History Museum - Focuses exclusively on the history of computing. Located in Mountain View, California. Search the collection, illustrated timeline, online exhibits and select images from the collection, This Day in History, curator's choice, and the Hall of Fellows (awards for contributions to computing).
Meta Description: [ The world's largest history museum for the preservation and presentation of artifacts and stories of the Information Age located in the heart of Silicon Valley ]
Computers, Videogames and Arcade Collector's Ring -
Computing Millennium timeline - A project to create the definitive list of the 1,000 key innovations and events in the last 1,000 years of information technology.
History of Computers - A directory of sites about the history of computers arranged categorically and with specific topic and general topic sections.
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Jargon File Resources - The Jargon File (AKA, _The New Hacker's Dictionary_) is an essential repository of computer historical information.
Museum of the USSR Computers History - A virtual museum containing historical information on computers and computer facilities in the USSR. Includes descriptions of computers, their characteristics, pictures, and personalities.
National Archive for the History of Computing - Houses the UK's most important collection of documents relating to the history of computing, and encourages interest and study in the history of computing more generally.
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PC History - This site is under construction but has some nice pictures of some pre-IBM machines.
Punched Cards - Covers the earliest ways of encoding data up to the cards used in voting systems today.
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Reflections of a ModemJunkie - Writings on computers, the early online world, and the Internet, dating from 1992 to 2000.
ry History - Comprehensive list of links to the best computer industry history resources that can currently be found on the 'Net
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Silicon Valley History and Future - Silicon Valley -- San Francisco Bay Area -- background, trends and forecast
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The History of Computing - Detailed information including early pioneers and companies, archives, languages, and networking from the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech.
The History of Computing Project - Offers a detailed timeline on the history of computer. Sections include hardware, software, pioneers and references.
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The History of Computing Science: From the Past to the Present - Lecture presented by Michelle A. Hoyle explaining how computers and computing science arose from using sticks with notches for counting, to the massive explosion of personal computers in the 1980s.
Meta Description: [ An overview of the developments that allowed the modern day computer to arise from first principles. ]
The Modern History of Computing - Historical survey from Babbage onward; by B. Jack Copeland from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
The Obsolete Technology Website - Pictures, documents, and advertisements of classic computers from the 1970's and 1980's.
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Tools For Thought - by Howard Rheingold. Online copy of well known 1985 book on the invention of computing; includes Babbage, Turing, von Neumann, Engelbart, PARC, Kay, and Atari.
Tools for Thought: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology - New updated edition from MIT Press, with new interviews of historic characters.
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Triumph of the Nerds - Bios, an interactive game, and a QA forum trace the birth of the personal computer at this PBS companion site.
Meta Description: [ Bios, an interactive game, and a Q&A forum trace the birth of the personal computer at this PBS companion site. ]
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