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History Of Computers:     more books (100)

Computer: A History Of The Information Machine, Second Edition (The Sloan Technology Series) by Martin Campbell-kelly, William Aspray, 2004-08-13 Core Memory: A Visual Survey of Vintage Computers by John Alderman, 2007-05-10 Computers: The Life Story of a Technology by Eric G. Swedin, David L. Ferro, 2007-10-24 Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - 25th Anniversary Edition by Steven Levy, 2010-05-20 The Computer: An Illustrated History by Mark Frauenfelder Ed., 2007-05-01 Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company by Owen Linzmayer, Owen W. Linzmayer, 2004-01 A History of Modern Computing, 2nd Edition (History of Computing) by Paul E. Ceruzzi, 2003-05-01 The First Computers--History and Architectures (History of Computing) by Raúl Rojas, 2002-08-07 The Apollo Guidance Computer: Architecture and Operation (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) by Frank O'Brien, 2010-07-12 Colossus: The First Electronic Computer (Popular Science) Computers, Visualization, and History: How New Technology Will Transform Our Understanding of the Past (History, Humanities, and New Technology) by David J. Staley, 2002-12 The Computer Boys Take Over: Computers, Programmers, and the Politics of Technical Expertise (History of Computing) by Nathan L. Ensmenger, 2010-09-30 The History of Computers by Les Freed, Sarah Ishida, 1995-04 A Brief History of Computing by Gerard O'Regan, 2008-02-04

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1. Frame Page For History Of Computers
   Profiles of hardware and software pioneers and a chronology of system architecture and manufacturers comprises the bulk of this resource. Online emulators of computers and computing systems. Miscellaneous. Women in (the) Computing History  
   http://www.maxmon.com/history.htm

2. History Of Computers
   HiTMilL's Directory, history of computers links, a compiled directory of specific topic links and general computer history links for students and researchers. IBM Vintage Personal Computers. Internet Explorer. The History of Internet Explorer  
   http://www.hitmill.com/computers/computerhx1.html

3. Jones Encyclopedia Of Media & Technology Information: New Media, Media History,
   Personal Computers History and Development. Overview. Byte; September1995. Freed, Les; The history of computers; ZiffDavis Press; 1995.  
   http://www.digitalcentury.com/encyclo/update/pc_hd.html
   
   Extractions: Over 500 original articles, updated as companies and technologies change and new leaders emerge. New articles are published weekly from a variety of topics on the history, innovations, milestones, pioneers, and legal trends that shape the world of media, information technology, telecommunications, and broadband. Bluetooth is a short-range, wireless technology developed by Ericsson Inc., Intel Corp., Nokia Corp., IBM Corp. and Toshiba, which is used to interconnect electronic devices. A Bluetooth network can effectively replace physical cables or infrared connections to wirelessly integrate personal computers, wireless phones, printers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and a range of new and innovative applications.

4. A History Of Computers
   Offers an array of information arranged by date including microprocessors, keyboards, the first computer Category Computers History References350 Million Years BC The first tetrapods leave the oceans. 30,000 BC to 20,000 BCCarving notches into bones. 8500 BC Bone carved with prime numbers discovered.  
   http://www.maxmon.com/timeline.htm
   
   Extractions: 350 Million Years BC The first tetrapods leave the oceans 30,000 BC to 20,000 BC Carving notches into bones 8500 BC Bone carved with prime numbers discovered 1900 BC to 1800 BC The first place-value number system 1000 BC to 500 BC The invention of the abacus 383 BC to 322 BC Aristotle and the Tree of Porphyry 300 BC to 600 AD The first use of zero and negative numbers 1274 AD Ramon Lull's Ars Magna 1285 AD to 1349 AD William of Ockham's logical transformations 1434 AD The first self-striking water clock 1500 AD Leonardo da Vinci's mechanical calculator 1600 AD John Napier and Napier's Bones 1621 AD The invention of the slide rule 1625 AD Wilhelm Schickard's mechanical calculator 1640 AD Blaise Pascal's Arithmetic Machine 1658 AD Pascal creates a scandle 1670 AD Gottfried von Leibniz's Step Reckoner 1714 AD The first English typewriter patent 1726 AD Jonathan Swift writes Gulliver's Travels 1735 AD The Billiard cue is invented 1761 AD Leonhard Euler's geometric system for problems in class logic 1800 AD Jacquard's punched cards Circa 1800 AD Charles Stanhope invents the Stanhope Demonstrator 1822 AD Charles Babbage's Difference Engine 1829 AD Sir Charles Wheatstone invents the accordion 1829 AD The first American typewriter patent 1830 AD Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine 1834 AD Georg and Edward Scheutz's Difference Engine 1834 AD Tally sticks: The hidden dangers 1837 AD Samuel Morse invents the electric telegraph 1847 AD to 1854 AD George Boole invents Boolean Algebra 1857 AD Sir Charles Wheatstone uses paper tape to store data

5. History Of Computers
   HiTMilL's Directory, history of computers links, a compiled directory of specifictopic links and general computer history links for students and researchers.  
   http://www.hitmill.com/computers/computerhistory.asp

6. The History Of Computers During My Lifetime
   Select events from a timeline spanning the 1970's to the 1990's. Subjects include the Commodore PET, Category Computers History ReferencesThe history of computers During My Lifetime. In this document I take a quicklook at the great moments in the history of computers during my lifetime.  
   http://www.pattosoft.com.au/jason/Articles/HistoryOfComputers/
   
   Extractions: jason@pattosoft.com.au In this document I take a quick look at the great moments in the history of computers during my lifetime. Over time it should hopefully build up to become a fascinating look back into history. In fact it is already quite interesting, even though I'm still a youngster! PS: If you think I've missed something, or you find a mistake, please email me... PPS: All the prices are in US dollars. From the world's first general purpose microprocessor to the Apple II, Commodore PET and TRS-80. UNIX, the C programming language, the VAX and the Cray 1 at the high end.

7. The History Of Computers During My Lifetime - The 1980's
   The history of computers During My Lifetime The 1980's.  
   http://www.pattosoft.com.au/jason/Articles/HistoryOfComputers/1980s.html
   
   Extractions: jason@pattosoft.com.au Riding on the success of the PET, Commodore drove its engineers to make computers that anyone could afford. The 6502 based VIC-20, introduced in 1981, was the first color computer that cost under $300. It was also the first computer to sell one million units. VIC-20 production hit 9000 units per day - a rate that was absolutely phenomenal back then. While shortsighted critics kept asking what these machines were good for, Commodore was the first company to introduce millions of people to personal computing. Adam Osborne sold Osborne Books to McGraw-Hill and started Osborne Computer. Its first product, the 24 pound Osborne 1 "portable", cost $1795. The Osborne 1 was easily identified by its tiny built-in screen. Osborne also started the practice of bundling software with the computer - the Osborne 1 came with nearly $1500 worth of programs! Unfortunately Osborne went bankrupt when it preannounced its next computer while still trying to sell the Osborne 1. In 1981, the landmark announcement of the IBM PC stunned the computing world. People had always thought of IBM as a high end mainframe player. Even the chairman of IBM is supposed to have looked at the original PC and said that it would never fly - that mainframes would dominate forever.

8. The Virtual Museum Of Computing
   A virtual museum that includes an eclectic collection of WWW hyperlinks connected with the history Category Recreation Collecting Computers Computer Science history of computers links from Study Web. history of computerscourse material from North Carolina State University, USA.  
   http://vmoc.museophile.com/
   
   Extractions: (VMoC) Now accessible as: vmoc.museophile.com This virtual museum includes an eclectic collection of World Wide Web (WWW) hyperlinks connected with the history of computing and on-line computer-based exhibits available both locally and around the world. This museum opened on st June 1995 The museum receives about 200 visitors each day. Please contact Jonathan Bowen if you know of relevant on-line information not included here. Mirror sites are available in Sweden and USA courtesy of ICOM , and also elsewhere , including the UK , if you experience poor access speed. Automatic redirection to a mirror site is available. Roger Needham (1935-2003) died on 28 February 2003. Allan Bromley , who researched Charles Babbage 's drawings of the Difference Engine extensively in the London Science Museum archive, died in August 2002. This work led to the building of the Difference Engine No. 2 , now on display in the Science Museum Computing Gallery in London.

9. History Of Computing Information
   History of computing, with a focusing on the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, the world's Category Computers Hardware Historical History; The History of Modern Computing In General (Zuse, Bell, Aiken,Eckert); history of computers BAE 221 course notes. There's  
   http://ftp.arl.mil/~mike/comphist/
   
   Extractions: An executive summary of the history of computing. A complete and concise presentation of the origins of the BRL and the ENIAC, with names, places, and dates. (4 pages) "My Life with the ENIAC - a Worm's Eye View" , as lived by Harry Reed. Plus "Firing Table Calculations on the ENIAC". The History of Computing at BRL , by Mike Muuss.

10. Sdc: Site {computer History}
    The author takes the user through a short tour of computer history including subjects such as advances Category Computers History References The history of computers starts out about 2000 years ago, at the birth of the abacus,a wooden rack holding two horizontal wires with beads strung on them.  
    http://www.softlord.com/comp/
    
    Extractions: Download this paper in PDF format Note: Yes, a lot of this is from Groliers Encyclopaedia. Hey, I was young. I didn't know any better. Credit where credit is due. Also, this information is only current as of the early 1990's (1993, to be exact), and no I'm not planning to add more information anytime soon. Citing This Work You are welcome to use this document as a reference in creating your own paper or research work on the subject. Please don't just copy this paper verbatim and submit it as your own work, as I put a lot of time and effort into it. Plus, it's bad karma. If you would like to use this work, please use this citation in your bibliography: Meyers, Jeremy, "A Short History of the Computer" [Online] Available <http://www.softlord.com/comp/> <Date you accessed this page> Table of Contents: In The Beginning...

11. The History Of Computers - Computer History Timeline
    A history of computers and the inventors involved with each computer invention milestone a timeline with detailed history features. The history of computers  
    http://inventors.about.com/library/blcoindex.htm?PM=ss12_inventors

12. The Role Of IBM In The History Of Computers
    By Mary Bellis This chapter in the History of Modern Computers finallybrings us to a name most of you will have heard of. IBM  
    http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa070798.htm
    
    Extractions: Pictures of the IBM 701's tape drive, 701's electrostatic storage tubes used for memory, the IBM 704 and the 650 EDPM. More on the history of the largest computer company in the world - IBM. By Mary Bellis This chapter in the "History of Modern Computers" finally brings us to a name most of you will have heard of. IBM stands for I nternational B usiness M achines, the largest computer company in the world today. IBM is responsible for numerous inventions having to do with computers.

13. Untitled
    Charts the evolution of computers from ancient times to the present.Category Computers History However, many centuries elapsed before technology was sufficiently advanced to developcomputers. Let us now look closely into the development of computers.  
    http://www.angelfire.com/de3/dacz/briefhistoryintro.htm
    
    Extractions: Mans progress is measured by the sophistication of his tools. First, he discovered how to control fire. Eventually he invented the wheel. He built boats and learned to harness the wind. As soon as commerce developed in early societies, people recognized the need to calculate and to keep track of information. They soon devised simple computing devices and bookkeeping systems to enable them to add, subtract, and record simple transactions. Today, we are witnessing rapid technological changes taking place on a broad scale. However, many centuries elapsed before technology was sufficiently advanced to develop computers. Without computers, many technological achievements of the past decade would not have been possible. Let us now look closely into the development of computers.

14. A Brief History Of Computers And Networks
    Golden Ink . Woodstock, Georgia 30188 . Telephone (770) 5164051A Brief history of computers and Networks. Webster's Dictionary  
    http://goldenink.com/computersandnetworks.shtml
    
    Extractions: A Brief History of Computers and Networks Webster's Dictionary defines "computer" as any programmable electronic device that can store, retrieve, and process data. The basic idea of computing develops in the 1200's when a Moslem cleric proposes solving problems with a series of written procedures. As early as the 1640's mechanical calculators are manufactured for sale. Records exist of earlier machines, but Blaise Pascal invents the first commercial calculator, a hand powered adding machine. Although attempts to multiply mechanically were made by Gottfried Liebnitz in the 1670s the first true multiplying calculator appears in Germany shortly before the American Revolution. In 1801 a Frenchman, Joseph-Marie Jacquard builds a loom that weaves by reading punched holes stored on small sheets of hardwood. These plates are then inserted into the loom which reads (retrieves) the pattern and creates(process) the weave. Powered by water, this "machine" came 140 years before the development of the modern computer. Ada Lovelace Shortly after the first mass-produced calculator(1820)

15. University Of Illinois Department Of English Presents: Cybercinema
    An interactive site devoted to the history of computers and artificial intelligence in film, presented Category Arts Movies HistoryCybercinema is sponsored by the Department of English at the Universityof Illinois at UrbanaChampaign. Cybercinema was recently  
    http://128.174.194.59/cybercinema/
    
    Extractions: Cybercinema Awards Cybercinema is sponsored by the Department of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Cybercinema was recently featured in Entertainment Weekly Magazine. Click here to see the review on EW 's online service. Cybercinema is written, created, and maintained by: Matthew Hurt

16. Computer Industry History
    Comprehensive list of links to the best computer industry history resources that can currently be Category Computers History History of Computing (The) Virginia Tech; history of computers atGrant MacEwan Community College; history of computers During My  
    http://www.elsop.com/wrc/h_comput.htm
    
    Extractions: About Products Free Trial Purchase ... Anti-Spam Info Computer Industry History [ History of: The Web The Computer Computer Companies People ... Twenty Five Years of the Microprocessor Unix History An incomplete history of the QED Text Editor - the ancestor of the Unix ed and vi editors Evolution of the Unix Time-sharing System (The) First edition of the Unix Programmer's Manual, dated November 3, 1971 PDP Unix Preservation Society Home Page ... VisiCalc and Software Arts History Try a Free Evaluation Copy of our Product: LinkScan LinkScan is a website quality assurance tool that checks links and produces two types of SiteMaps using multi-threaded simultaneous processing that provides reports on HTML pages readable from any browser on any platform. Get a free evaluation copy

17. History Of Computers/Internet Theme Page
    page provides links to information technology curricular resources and instructionalmaterials (lesson plans) in the specific topic of history of computers.  
    http://www.cln.org/themes/computer_history.html
    
    Extractions: History of Computers/Internet Theme Page This "Theme Page" has links to two types of resources related to the study of History of Computers/Internet. Students and teachers will find curricular resources (information, content...) to help them learn about this topic. In addition, there are also links to instructional materials (lesson plans) which will help teachers provide instruction in this theme. Please read our [A] Brief History of the Internet A comprehensive document discussing the origins of the Internet through to the commercialization of the technology. Further, the authors provide a small description of what they believe the future Internet may look like. Brief History of UNIX This article is for beginners to UNIX, and explain the history and gives a general introduction to UNIX. Charles Babbage Institute of Computer History The Institute is "dedicated to promoting the study of the history of computing and its impact on society..." They encourage the research and writing in the history of computing through fellowhips and by making resources and information available to scholars, scientists and members of the public. Chronology of Events in the History of Microcomputers A comprehesive listing of events in the history of the microcomputer.

18. History Of Computers
    History. The evolution of the computer. In a sense computers havebeen evolving from the beginning. Life forms have been increasing  
    http://www.scri.fsu.edu/~odyssey/cyberkids/computers/history/
    
    Extractions: In a sense computers have been evolving from the beginning. Life forms have been increasing their information (Processing abilities. All senses are ways of receiving information. The eyes perceive a range of electro-magnetic rays; The ears respond to pressure in the air; The nose reacts to various molecules. This input is transmitted along nerve fibers to our Central Processing Unit-The Brain. After processing the input information (data) the brain sends signals (output) to such output devices as our voice (speech output) and muscles. Computing machines are much simpler than people to understand but the processes involved are very similar. One of the earliest known calculating machines was the abacus. The Hindus invented the written zero which led to the development of written decimal arithmetic. Written calculations did not begin in the western world until about 650 AD. The Hindu people in India invented a written symbol for zero, an essential step to doing written calculations. The concept of zero and place values was integral to the use of the abacus ( a zero value was represented by a bead in the down position), but, before a symbol for zero was introduced by the Hindus there could be no real decimal arithmetic calculation in writing. The Indian mathematics spread to the Arabs. In 830 a Persian scholar named Mohammed Ibn Musa Abu Djefar wrote a standard text book on the subject of mathematics! He was commonly known as Al Khwarismi and the subject of his book was Al Gebr We'l Mukabala or Algebra for short!

19. A Brief History Of Computers
    Computers Not Just a PC on a Desk. by Don Lindsay. And it's easy to think thatall computers look like that, and that they always did, and always will.  
    http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~lindsay/talk/
    
    Extractions: Everyone has seen a computer. You probably saw a keyboard, and a mouse, and a screen. And it's easy to think that all computers look like that, and that they always did, and always will. If you've taken a computer course, you may have heard that a computer contains a microprocessor. And you may know that a processor works by fetching instructions from a memory. But if you click on some of the links below, you will see some examples that are just a bit different. Not all computers do just one instruction at a time. Recent microprocessors are "superscalar". This means that it sometimes executes more than one instruction per tick of the clock. That was the original DEC Alpha chip, which could execute 2 instructions per clock: its bigger, denser successor can do 4 per clock. Of course, you can always string together 6,768 microprocessors when one isn't enough. Not all electronic computers are made from transistors . Electronic logic can be built from vacuum tubes, magnetic amplifiers, magnetic core, magnetic bubbles, superconducting cryotrons, or superconducting Josephson junctions Not all computers are electronic. Digital logic can be built from

20. Paul N. Edwards
    RC/History 379/SI 528, history of computers and Networks (Fall PDF); SI 648/748,Infoculture Theory and Methods in the History and Sociology of Information  
    http://www.si.umich.edu/~pne/

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