Resources for
Lab 1.2
Labs
- Atanasoff-Berry Computer
- Description of the very first electronic digital (single purpose) computer.
- Babbage
- by Schaffer: Pt. 3 - Calculating engines and their intelligence.
- Brief History of Computer Technology
- Brief sketch of the development of digital, electronic computers, part of a larger Web-book on computational
science; sponsored by the US Department of Energy.
- Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
- The Babbage difference engine.
- Charles Babbage Institute
- Dedicated to promoting the study and preservation of the history of information processing.
- Chronology of Computer History
- Detailed timeline of international computing history. See also, the file museum.htm at this same URL. Sponsored by the Historical Computer Society.
- Federal Networking Council
- Official government definition of the Internet.
- Hamilton College
- The cool college where Rick and Stu weave their magic web
- Herman Hollerith
- Short biographical summary.
- Internet History
- From the Discovery Channel.
- Konrad Zuse (1910-1995)
- The Father of Modern Computers - long article on Zuse and the Z-family of computers.
- Konrad Zuse's work
- Zuse's own discussion of the Z-family of computers.
- Landmarks in Digital Computing
- A review of major calculating aids.
- Machine That Changed The World
- Outline of the major topics of presentation in each of the episodes of the video series.
- NetLingo
- A dictionary of the Internet language.
- PWS Publishing Company
- The most happenin' publishing company around...
- Texas Instruments History
- History of the early TI calculators.
- Tools for Thought
- By Howard Rheingold: Ch. 2 - The First Programmer Was a Lady.
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