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79Evolution Of Computers
When men started to count the numbers, they thought of devices that can track of the numbers. The Abacus may be the first such device and it took hundreds of years to develop the Abacus to modern digital computer. The first computer originated as...
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73Historiography of Ada Augusta Lovelace
In this new 21st century we share an image of a computer programmer best epitomized by that wunder-geek, Bill Gates. Few people would guess the individual long considered the first computer programmer was a...
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66father of computers-Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage, a British Mathematics professor, is regarded as the Father of Computers. He was born in England in 1792 as the son of a rich banker from Devon. He was inspired by Napier's logarithm tables and Napier's logs and bones. He began to...
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72Stunningly Intricate: Curta Mechanical Calculator
What if Babbage's Difference Engine spawned a "laptop"? It's hard to find more desirable and satisfying (in a tactile sort of way) mechanical fetish item from the age of early computing... For years Curta calculators enjoyed a cult status among...
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73An Illustrated Guide to Steampunk #1: The Origin of a Genre
Do you ache for the scratchy yet seductive sounds of an old gramophone player? Do you pine for the chuff chuff of a rocking steam engine over the soulless glide of an electric one? Do you care for the clackety clack of a Remington typewriter over the bouncy plastic of your keyboard? Then you have come to the right place...
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63What Is Steampunk to Me
A very common thing to happen to me is after telling someone I am into steampunk, is the inevitable question what is steampunk? Having been involved with in the community for over a year now, I feel very...
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