The History Of Computers

Notes for the required material 

• These notes were handed out in the last lecture
• The History of computers (Leestma & Nyhoff Section 1.1 talks about the early machines such as: The Harvard Mark I, The ABC and the ENIAC): [PowerPoint] [Acrobat]

Optional teaching material

Background / Sources of additional information

• The History of Computing Technology by Michael R. Williams. 2nd Edition (IEEE Computer Society).

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