History
of Computing
List of Linked Sources for History of Computing Lecture:
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Abacus
- Merriam Webster Online
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Slide
rule - (Picture from the The
Museum of HP Calculators)
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Difference
Engine - Department
of Computer Science at Virginia Tech, sponsored in part by the National
Science Foundation (CDA-9312611).
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Ada
Byron - ADA Project - Computer
Science Dept., Yale
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Sketch
of the Engine and notes by Ada Byron King - Fourmilab
Switzerland
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Atanasoff
Berry Computer - SCL Scalable
Computing Laboratory
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Prof.
John V. Atanasoff - Dept.
of Computer Science, Iowa State University
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See
diagram (Atanasoff Berry Computer) SCL
Scalable Computing Laboratory
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ENIAC
recreated on a modern computer chip - Jan
Van der Spiegel, University of Pennsylvania Moore School of Electrical
Engineering
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Explanation
of ENIAC on a Chip - Jan Van
der Spiegel
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Colossus
- Bletchley Part Trust
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History
of Bletchley Park - Bletchley Part Trust
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"Punch
card technology"- Fourmilab Switzerland
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UNIVAC
- Fourmilab Switzerland
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UNIVAC
- Walter
H. and Lenore Annenberg Rare Book and Manuscript Library of the U.
of Pennsylvania
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Difference
Engine - Department
of Computer Science at Virginia Tech
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Sketch
of the Engine and notes by Ada Byron King - Fourmilab
Switzerland
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Alan
Turing - The Alan Turing Home Page, Andrew Hodges
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Explanation of the Turing
Test - Oppy, Graham, Dowe, David, "The Turing Test", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2003 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.),
<http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2003/entries/turing-test/>.
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Pictures of the Enigma
machine - Math Awareness
Week 1997- Math and the Internet, Mathematics Dept., Univ. of Arizona
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More Information
about the Enigma machine - Math
Awareness Week 1997- Math and the Internet, U. of Arizona
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Enigma applet by Russell
Schwager
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J.
von Neumann - Mathematics,
Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA.
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See another von
Neumann source - nanotechnology,
Zyvex
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John
V. Atanasoff - Dept.
of Computer Science, Iowa State University
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Atanasoff's
Computer - SCL
Scalable Computing Laboratory
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Z1
- Dr.-Ing. Horst Zuse,
Technische Universität Berlin
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MITS
Altair 8800 - Computer
Museum of America, Coleman College, La Mesa, CA.
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Steve
Wozniak - Wozniak's
Home Page
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Steve
Jobs - CS Dept. NSF-Supported Education
Infrastructure Project, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Apple/MACs
evolution - Glen Sanford -http://www.apple-history.com/gallery.html
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Explanation
and diagram of a transistor - techweb.com
encyclopedia
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integrated
circuits - webopedia
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Thousands
of computer networks - An Atlas of Cyberspaces, Martin Dodge
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Traces
key sites on the Internet - Geir E. R. Gundersen
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Tim
Berners-Lee - http://www.w3.org
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Invented
the World Wide Web - CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research
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Information
Management - a Proposal - Berners-Lee
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Hypertext
- CERN
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What is hypertext,
anyway? - Virginia Montecino
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Overview
of the WWW - CERN
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Ethics,
Laws, Privacy Issues - Virginia
Montecino
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Internet
copyright resources - Virginia
Montecino
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Nanotechnology
- Zyvex
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Interactive Wall Street Journal
article on nanotechnology
(Jan 1, 2000)
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NanoScout,
portal for the nanotechnology community.
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Women Pioneers in Computing
- Past Notable
Women of Computing, ADA
Project - Computer Science Dept., Yale
History
of Computing
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