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https://cse.umn.edu/cbi/who-was-charles-babbage#:~:text=In%201821%20Babbage%20invented%20the,but%20any%20kind%20of%20calculation. / An early calculating machine, verging on being the first computer, designed and partially built during the 1820s and ’30s by Charles Babbage. Babbage was an English mathematician and inventor -
https://www.thoughtco.com/computer-punch-cards-4074957 / A punch card is a piece of stiff paper that contains digital information represented by the presence or absence of holes in predefined positions. The information might be data for data processing applications or, as in earlier times, used to directly control automated machinery. -
https://www.britannica.com/technology/Turing-machine#:~:text=Turing%20machine%2C%20hypothetical%20computing%20device,Turing. ALAN M. TURING CREATED THE HYPOTHETICAL DEVICE -
https://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/g-i/hewlettpackard-company-hp/#:~:text=HP%20was%20founded%20by%20Bill,the%20HP%202116A%20in%201966. HP was founded by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard. Their first product was an audio oscillator and one of their first customers Walt Disney. Disney used the oscillator to test audio equipment in the 12 specially equipped theaters showing Fantasia in 1940. HP entered the computer market with the HP 2116A in 1966. -
Hopper is best known for her trailblazing contributions to computer programming, software development, and the design and implementation of programming languages. A maverick and an innovator, she enjoyed long and influential careers in the U.S. Navy and the computer industry. -
https://engineering.berkeley.edu/douglas-engelbart-computer-visionary/#:~:text=Engelbart%20had%20long%20aimed%20to,board%20and%20two%20metal%20wheels. / Engelbart had long aimed to make the world a better place, and early on in his career, he identified computers as a key tool for solving complex problems. He went on to invent the computer mouse in 1964, with a prototype that consisted of a block of pine, a circuit board and two metal wheels.
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https://guides.loc.gov/this-month-in-business-history/april/apple-computer-founded#:~:text=and%20Photographs%20Division.-,Apple%20Computer%2C%20Inc.,the%20way%20people%20viewed%20computers. STEVE JOBS AND STEVE WOZNIAK STARTED APPLE WITH A COMPUTER -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows#:~:text=The%20first%20version%20of%20Windows,March%202023%2C%20according%20to%20StatCounter. / The first version of Windows was released on November 20, 1985, as a graphical operating system shell for MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs). Windows is the most popular desktop operating system in the world, with a 70% market share as of March 2023, according to Stat Counter. -
Tim Berners-Lee, an English computer scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW), while working at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland -
https://www.virginmedia.com/blog/wifi/history-of-wifi#:~:text=Technically%20speaking%2C%20WiFi%20was%20'invented,a%20long%20history%20before%20that. WIFI was created by an industry leader committee. This standard defined how wireless local area networks (WLANs) communicate, and established a basic specification for Wi-Fi that allowed devices to transfer data wirelessly at two megabytes per second. -
https://www.seamgen.com/blog/iphone-history-original-iphone-to-current-iphone#:~:text=Apple's%20first%20iPhone%20was%20announced,and%20a%20multi%2Dtouch%20interface. THE FIRST IPHONE WAS RELEASED BY STEVE JOBS PRICING AT $499. -
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