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1-Pre-Apple History

INTRODUCTION Power. Speed. Capacity. Connectivity. At the beginning of the 21st century, these are the major areas of focus for most users of computing devices, whether...

10 Biggest Computer Flops of all time

Over the years, computers have changed the way we live! Marketing and Technology have recently started to "merge" together to create new amazing experiences. Howeverm In order to...

10 Most Popular Computers in History

As personal computers became affordable, must-have Internet gateways in the late 1990s, individual models took a backseat to larger brands. Dell didn't bother advertising special...

100 Years of Progress In Electronics

This table of contents comprises a sequence of articles related with the scientific and technological matters responsable for the worldwide evolution of Electronics during 100...

1950: Simon Electromechanical Personal Computer

Although many believe that personal computer did not appear until the mid 1970's, there were a number of electromechanical devices prior to that aimed at hobbyists and capable of...

1980-2012 – A 30+ Year Timeline of Meetings Technology Innovation

Technology changes in the past three decades have been astonishing for both the meetings industry and for society in general.

1980s Vintage Computers

Vintage Computers Collection by John Shadbolt.

21 Facts About The Internet You Should Know

21 Facts About The Internet You Should Know You probably use it every day but how well do you know your Internet? Ever wonder how all this foolishness got started in the...

25 Years CD: August 17, 1982 - August 17, 2007

The engineers in the world famous Philips Physics Laboratory (NatLab) start working on digital techniques around 1967. A few years later they research the feasibility of the laser...

25 Years of Digital Printing

Printing is a gigantic industry. It employs about 1 million people in the USA, in contrast to the approximately 800,000 working in the automobile industry. It is a slow-growing,...

25th Anniversary for Microprocessor

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the microprocessor, measured from November 15, 1971--the day an advertisement for the Intel 4004 first appeared in Electronic News Magazine...

40 Years of Icons: The Evolution Of The Modern Computer Interface

Fifty years ago, the word “computer” had a very different meaning. Prior to World War II, the word referred not to machines, but to people (mostly women in order to save costs)...

41-Year History of Email, The

Whether you consider Morse code or telegrams to be the original electronic mail, sending text from one person to the next has certainly evolved. Take a look at how email...

5,000 Year Journey Of The History and Evolution of Computers, The

A computer is essentially a physical machine or system which can perform predefined actions via receiving input and then outputting useful information/results. For example a...

86-DOS

86-DOS was an operating system developed and marketed by Seattle Computer Products for its Intel 8086-based computer kit. Initially known as QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System...

A Brief History of Email

Mankind has always had a compelling desire to communicate. In ancient times this could be verbally or in some form of writing. If remote communication was required (i.e. if the...

A Sharp (Axiom)

A# (A sharp) is an object-oriented functional programming language distributed as a separable component of Version 2 of the Axiom computer algebra system. A# types and functions...

A Short History of PC Power Supply Voltage Rails

Let's clear up any confusion about the term "rail". A voltage "rail" refers to a single voltage provided by the PSU (short for power supply - actually it stands for power supply...

A-0 System

The A-0 system (Arithmetic Language version 0), written by Grace Hopper in 1951 and 1952 for the UNIVAC I, was the first compiler ever developed for an electronic computer. The A-...

Abacus - Ancient Wonder - Chinese Calculating Aide

The Abacus has a rich history dating back over 800 years in China and with roots extending back over 2000 years in Rome, India and Mesopotamia.

ABAP

ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming, originally Allgemeiner Berichts-Aufbereitungs-Prozessor, German for "general report creation processor"[1]), pronounced as 'ah-bop...

ABC (Programming Language)

ABC is an imperative general-purpose programming language and programming environment developed at CWI, Netherlands by Leo Geurts, Lambert Meertens, and Steven Pemberton. It is...

About Computer RAM and RAM Upgrades

The history and development of computer RAM, and considerations when upgrading your computer's memory.

About CPUs

To understand the data processing methodology, an understanding of the design and function of the CPU is essential. The following subjects will be covered on these pages. The...

About DVQ

DVQ was founded in 1981 to pursue various bits of technology that its founders find interesting. For the most part DVQ designs product for other companies, who in turn market...

About Gentoo

What is Gentoo? Gentoo is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need....

About insideHPC

Founded on December 28, 2006, insideHPC is a blog that distills news and events in the world of HPC and presents them in bite-sized nuggets of helpfulness as a resource for...

About Netcraft

Netcraft is an Internet services company based in Bath, England. Netcraft is funded through retained profit and derives its revenue in the following ways: •Providing internet...

About Ruby

Wondering why Ruby is so popular? Its fans call it a beautiful, artful language. And yet, they say it’s handy and practical. What gives?

About xHarbour

xHarbour (extended Harbour) was started by Ron Pinkas late 2001 as a fork off of the Harbour Project in which he was one of the leading developers. xHarbour was established to...

Academican A. Ershov's Archive

Personal archive

ACM History Site -Association of Computer Machinery

"ACM is the world's oldest and largest educational and scientific computing society. Since 1947 ACM has provided a vital forum for the exchange of information, ideas, and...

Acorn MOS

Acorn's Machine Operating System (MOS) or OS was a computer operating system used in the Acorn BBC computer range. It included support for four-channel sound and graphics, file...

Ada Lovelace Biography

Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace, was one of the most picturesque characters in computer history. August Ada Byron was born December 10, 1815 the daughter of the illustrious poet, Lord...

Ada Programming Language, The

Ada is a modern programming language designed for large, long-lived applications – and embedded systems in particular – where reliability and efficiency are essential. It was...

Advanced Mirco Devices (AMD)

Brief corporate history and milestones of AMD

Advanced Programming Languages

Students often ask for a recommendation on what language they should learn next. If you're looking for a job in industry, my reply is to learn whatever is hot right now: C++, Java...

Advances in Parallel Computing

Computer simulation is a critical technology that play a major role in many areas in scientific and engineering. With the declining in defense budgets in the early 1990s, the U.S...

Agilent Technologies - History Center and Archives

Agilent Technologies, a spin-off of Hewlett-Packard Company, broke records on Nov. 18, 1999 as the largest initial public offering (IPO) in Silicon Valley history. The US $2.1...

Alan Mathison Turing

Alan M. Turing was an English mathematician, cryptoanalyst and computer scientist who played a crucial role in World War II to break the German Enigma codes. He is considered by...

Alan Turing Drama-Documentary

CODEBREAKER is being presented to audiences across the U.S. using a unique, new distribution model called “theatrical on demand”. This grassroots model puts the decision-making...

Alan Turing Internet Scrapbook, The

What is a Computer? The machine which is sitting in front of you. The machine which can draw graphics, set up your modem, decipher your PGP, do typography, refresh your screen,...

Aldor Programming Language

Aldor is a programming language with an expressive type system well-suited for mathematical computing and which has been used to develop a number of computer algebra libraries....

Alef (Programming Language)

The Alef programming language was designed as part of the Plan 9 operating system by Phil Winterbottom of Bell Labs. In a February 2000 slideshow, Rob Pike noted: "…although...

Alex's Apple Orchard

A wonderful collection and site by a young collector of Apple computers and ephemera.

Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century

Consider the title. "The Electronic Century" is the twenty-first century. The "inventing" refers to the creation of the technological and institutional foundations—the "...

ALGOL 58

ALGOL 58, originally known as IAL, is one of the family of ALGOL computer programming languages. It was an early compromise design soon superseded by ALGOL 60. According to John...

ALGOL 60

ALGOL 60 (short for ALGOrithmic Language 1960) is a member of the ALGOL family of computer programming languages. It gave rise to many other programming languages, including BCPL...