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  2. History of computing - Wikipedia

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    The first digital electronic computer was developed in the period April 1936 - June 1939, in the IBM Patent Department, Endicott, New York by Arthur Halsey Dickinson. [35] [36] [37] In this computer IBM introduced, a calculating device with a keyboard, processor and electronic output (display). The competitor to IBM was the digital electronic ...

  3. List of fastest computers - Wikipedia

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    Computer Performance R; 1938 Germany: Personal research and development Berlin, Germany Konrad Zuse: Z1: 1.00 IPS [1] 1940 Z2: 1.25 IPS [2] 1941 Z3: 20.00 IPS [3] 1944 United Kingdom: Bletchley Park: Tommy Flowers and his team, Post Office Research Station: Colossus: 5.00 kIPS [4] 1945 United States: University of Pennsylvania: Moore School of ...

  4. History of personal computers - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. List of computer system manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    Discontinued computer lineup in 2016; computer business restructured as Dynabook Inc. in 2018, with majority of its shares sold to Sharp Corporation the same year; remaining shares sold to Sharp in 2020: TriGem — South Korea: 1980: 2010: Bankruptcy: Trilogy Systems — United States: 1980: 1985: Acquired by Elxsi: TRW Inc. — United States ...

  6. List of pioneers in computer science - Wikipedia

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    Built the first digital freely programmable computer, the Z1. Built the first functional program-controlled computer, the Z3 in 1941. [59] The Z3 already used what later became known as Reverse Polish Notation, and it was proven to be Turing-complete in 1998. Produced the world's first commercial computer, the Z4. Designed the first high-level ...

  7. History of software - Wikipedia

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    The first known computer algorithm was written by Ada Lovelace in the 19th century for the Analytical Engine, to translate Luigi Menabrea's work on Bernoulli numbers for machine instruction. [3] However, this remained theoretical only - the lesser state of engineering in the lifetime of these two mathematicians proved insufficient [ citation ...

  8. Wikipedia : WikiProject Computing/List of books on the ...

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    The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer. Viking. ISBN 0-670-91020-1. Toole, Betty Alexandra, ed. (1998). Ada, the Enchantress of Numbers:A Selection from the Letters of Lord Byron's Daughter and Her Description of the First Computer. Critical Connection. ISBN 0-912647-09-4. Toole, Betty Alexandra, ed ...

  9. History of computing hardware - Wikipedia

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    Their first transistorized computer, and the first in the world, was operational by 1953, [145] and a second version was completed there in April 1955. [145] The 1955 version used 200 transistors, 1,300 solid-state diodes, and had a power consumption of 150 watts. However, the machine did make use of valves to generate its 125 kHz clock ...