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Jiskha Homework Help: History of Computers

For Students 9th - 10th
Jiskha.com offers a general overview of the history of computers and includes a variety of links to specific historical topics.
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Article
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Ornl: First Generation Electronic Computers (1937 1953)

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a short article on the first generation electronic computers. Very interesting information about the early computer industry.
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Unit Plan
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Magnetic Core Memory

For Students 9th - 10th
Magnetic core memory was developed in the late 1940s and 1950s, and remained the primary way in which early computers read, wrote and stored data until RAM came along in the 1970s. (Java tutorial)
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Giant Magnetoresistance: The Really Big Idea Behind a Very Tiny Tool

For Students 9th - 10th
This itsy-bitsy phenomenon makes your iPod and hard drive tick.
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Magnetic Core Memory 1949

For Students 9th - 10th
At the dawn of the computer age, magnetic core memory helped make data storage possible, and showed surprising staying power in a field where components are constantly being replaced by new and improved products.
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Other

Doug Engelbart's Invisible Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This site chronicles, within the context of technological innovations, the achievements of Doug Engelbart who was involved in much of the information environment which we know today.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Understanding Computing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson provides activities to demonstrate how "A pebble calculator works in a way similar to an abacus," which will allow learners to increase their understanding of how computers work. The lesson also provides discussion prompts...
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Timeline: Steve Jobs: The Man at Apple's Core

For Students 9th - 10th
NPR commemorates the life and legacy of innovator and entrepreneur Steve Jobs.
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Other

Revised Report on the Algorithmic Language Algol 60

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete technical description of the ALGOL 60 programming language.
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Computer History Museum

Computer History Museum: Timeline of Computer History

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents an interactive timeline of computer development from 1939 through 1994. Upon selecting a year, the site presents all of the major computer hardware and software developments that occurred during that year.
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Handout
Great Idea Finder

Computing History

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a listing of computing inventions and inventors throughout history with links for more detailed information.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1319: Differential Analyzer

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the work of Vannevar Bush, who invented the differential analyzer, an analog computer. This is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Algol

For Students 9th - 10th
A Wikipedia description of the ALGOL Programming Language.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: History of Computing Hardware

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a Wikipedia description of the history of computing hardware.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Personal Computer

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a Wikipedia description of personal computers.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Timeline of Computing

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from the encyclopedia Wikipedia presents a detailed timeline of events in the history of computing from 500 BC to the beginning of the 21st century. Links are also provided for additional information on related subjects.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: History of Computing

For Students 9th - 10th
This narrative from the Wikipedia encyclopedia presents the major developments in the history of computing. It discusses the earliest devices used to perform calculations, the era of modern computing that began during World War II,...
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Other

Chronology of Personal Computers

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a month-by-month outline of the essential happenings that shaped the personal computer industry from 1947 to the present.
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Other

Technofile: Gary Kildall and the Origins of the Pc

For Students 9th - 10th
An article of how Gary Kildall invented the world's first DOS and Kildall's introduction of DR DOS.
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Website
Other

Mark Chris Soft: The History of Computing

For Students 9th - 10th
This time line shows the development of computing from Schlckard's 1623 Calculating Clock to the launch of Microsoft Windows 95.
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History of Computing Science

History of Computing Science: P Cs Today

For Students 9th - 10th
The personal computer (PC) has become a common fixture in virtually every home, business and classroom. This lecture series describes the history of the personal computer.
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Curated OER

The First Generation Computers

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the first generation computers, the Bendix G-15, and first generation technologies.
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Curated OER

Our G 15, Front View

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the first generation computers, the Bendix G-15, and first generation technologies.
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Curated OER

The First Generation Computers

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the first generation computers, the Bendix G-15, and first generation technologies.