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Difference Engine
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Analytical Engine
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Computer History
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Baldwin's Pinwheel calculator
Frank Baldwin’s 1872 “pinwheel” calculator design was the first significant advance. -
Colossus
The ability to send out secret code orders to Nazi troops in WW1 led to mass destruction so allied mathematicians and engineers worked together to build a machine capable of cracking the codes: Colossus -
Hewlett Packard
Hewlett Packard, or HP, is an American multi nation information technology company headquartered in California, United States. there are most specialised into creating electronic goods, such as computers. The company was founded in a one-car garage in Palo Alto by William Redington Hewlett and Dave Packard, starting with a line of electronic test equipment. HP is the world's leading PC manufacturer and has been since 2007, fending off a challenge by Chinese manufacturer Lenovo. -
ENIAC
ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer), built between 1943 and 1945—the first large-scale computer to run at electronic speed without being slowed by any mechanical parts. -
Apollo Spacecraft launch
IBM and North American Rockwell designed the Information Management System (IMS) as a general purpose program for both database management and data communications (DB/DC) functions. Using IMS, Rockwell Space managed the manufacturing control information needed to build Apollo manned spacecraft for lunar missions. -
Internet In a box
The Internet was created in 1991 and 1994 and became of the world’s most useful tools.
