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  2. J. Presper Eckert - Wikipedia

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    In 1950, Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation ran into financial troubles and was acquired by Remington Rand Corporation. The UNIVAC I was finished on December 21, 1950. In 1968, "For pioneering and continuing contributions in creating, developing, and improving the high-speed electronic digital computer", Eckert was awarded the National Medal ...

  3. Phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Wikipedia

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    Phrases from it are widely recognised and often used in reference to, but outside the context of, the source material. Many writers on popular science, such as Fred Alan Wolf, Paul Davies, and Michio Kaku, have used quotations in their books to illustrate facts about cosmology or philosophy. [1] [2] [3]

  4. Thomas J. Watson - Wikipedia

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    The document says no, but quotes his son and then IBM President Thomas J. Watson Jr. at the annual IBM stockholders meeting, April 28, 1953, as speaking about the IBM 701 Electronic Data Processing Machine, which it identifies as "the company's first production computer designed for scientific calculations". He said that "IBM had developed a ...

  5. 100 of the Best Quotes from Famous People - AOL

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    Walk down Reader's Digest memory lane with these quotes from famous people throughout the decades. The post 100 of the Best Quotes from Famous People appeared first on Reader's Digest.

  6. Betty Holberton - Wikipedia

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    Computer pioneer Betty Holberton dies at 84 Archived December 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Government Computer News, January 5, 2002; Two oral history interviews with Frances E. Holberton. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. UNIVAC Conference (May 17–18, 1990) as well as interview by James Baker Ross (April 14 ...

  7. Wikiquote - Wikipedia

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    Wikiquote is one of few online quotation collections that provides the opportunity for visitors to contribute [6] and the very few which strive to provide exact sources for each quotation as well as corrections of misattributed quotations. Wikiquote pages are cross-linked to articles about the notable personalities on Wikipedia.

  8. Steve Jobs - Wikipedia

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    Jobs and Wozniak attended meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club in 1975, which was a stepping stone to the development and marketing of the first Apple computer. [64] According to a document released by the United States Department of Defense , Jobs claimed that in 1975, he was arrested in Eugene, Oregon , after being questioned for being a ...

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