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As a result, the machines were not included in many histories of computing. [g] A reconstructed working copy of one of the Colossus machines is now on display at Bletchley Park. The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first electronic programmable computer built in the US.
The history of the personal computer as a mass-market consumer electronic device began with the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s. A personal computer is one intended for interactive individual use, as opposed to a mainframe computer where the end user's requests are filtered through operating staff, or a time-sharing system in which one large processor is shared by many individuals.
Mary Allen Wilkes working on the LINC at home in 1965; thought to be the first home computer user The 1974 MITS Altair 8800 home computer (atop extra 8-inch floppy disk drive): one of the earliest computers affordable and marketed to private / home use from 1975, but many buyers got a kit, to be hand-soldered and assembled.
The NCR 315-RMC, released in July 1965, was the first commercially available computer to employ thin-film memory.This reduced the clock cycle time to 800 nanoseconds.It also included floating-point logic to allow scientific calculations, while retaining the same instruction set as previous NCR 315 and NCR 315-100.
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (January 24, 1874 – June 19, 1938), was a historian, [1] writer, curator, [2] and activist, who wrote numerous books. [3] Schomburg was a Puerto Rican of African and German descent.
Located in the Šiška District of Ljubljana, [1] museum claims to host more than 6,500 collection items housed within its 700 m 2 (7,500 sq ft) premises. [2] The museum also functions as a makerspace and an event space for festivals, film shoots, coworking, conferences, public presentations and meetups. [3]
IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation is a book by investigative journalist and historian Edwin Black which documents the strategic technology services rendered by US-based multinational corporation International Business Machines (IBM) and its German and other European subsidiaries for the government of Adolf Hitler from the ...
Wirbelwind, the quantum computer and AI aboard the spaceship La-Muse in Kiddy Grade (2002) Delphi, Oracle's Clocktower computer from Birds of Prey (2002) Sheila/F.I.L.S.S., (Freelancer Integrated Logistics and Security System, pronounced "Phyllis"), the mainframe for Project Freelancer from the hit machinima Red vs. Blue (2003)