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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.
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.
Structure housing Isabel La Negra's grave at the Cementerio Civil de Ponce, adjacent to Cementerio Católico San Vicente de Paul. Isabel la Negra was shot dead on 4 January 1974, an innocent bystander of a drug-related homicide which occurred near one of her establishments. She was 72 years old. She was buried at Cementerio Civil de Ponce. [6]
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.
Carter G. Woodson was born in New Canton, Virginia, [7] on December 19, 1875, the son of former slaves Anne Eliza (Riddle) and James Henry Woodson. [8] Although his father was illiterate, Carter's mother, Anna, had been taught to read by her mistress.
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 ...
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]
At an 18 April 1899 Paris conference, Emilia Pardo Bazán used the term "Black Legend" for the first time to refer to a general view of modern Spanish history: Abroad, our miseries are known and often exaggerated without balance; take as an example the book by M. Yves Guyot, which we can consider as the perfect model of a black legend, the opposite of a golden legend.