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A Short History of Computing: From the Abacus to the Microchip
Plain-English history of computing, from counting beads to mechanical …
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Abacus
A manual counting frame that holds place values in columns of beads, the …
History
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ARPANET
The first operational packet-switched computer network and the direct …
History
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Ethernet
The local area network technology that lets computers share one medium …
History
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Integrated Circuit
The integrated circuit packs many connected components onto one chip of …
History
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Leibniz Step Reckoner
The first mechanical calculator able to add, subtract, multiply, and …
History
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Moore's Law
Moore's law is the 1965 observation that the number of components on a …
History
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Mosaic and Netscape Navigator
Mosaic was the first widely used graphical web browser, and Netscape …
History
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Pascaline (Pascal's Calculator)
A 1642 mechanical adding machine that used geared wheels to add and …
History
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The History of IT: From the Abacus to the AI-Native Era
A sourced, comprehensive history of information technology: hardware, …
Guides
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The History of IT: Interactive Timeline
An interactive, primary-sourced timeline of information technology from …
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The History of Software Architecture: From Mainframes to AI-Native
A sourced timeline of how software architecture evolved, from 1960s …
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