Computers

Reference Topics 4-5

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A History of the Internet designed for someone new to the internet.
http://www.davesite.com/webstation/net-history.shtml

A History of the World Wide Web:
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2014/03/11/world-wide-web-timeline/

You may want to check out the PBS internet timeline:
http://www.pbs.org/opb/nerds2.0.1/timeline/index.html

Some interesting history of the supercomputer is included … See the whole entry

Section 4.5: History of Calculating Devices

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4.5 Outline

  1. First calculating tool
  2. Early calculating devices
    1. abacus
    2. Napier’s rods
    3. slide rule
  3. Mechanical calculators
    1. Pascal’s calculator
    2. Babbage’s calculating machine
  4. Hand-held calculators
  5. First computers
    1. ENIAC
    2. UNIVAC I
  6. Present-day computers
    1. Cray supercomputer
    2. Tianhe-2 supercomputer
    3. minicomputers
    4. history of the internet
    5. personal computers
… See the whole entry