Hyman, Anthony. Charles Babbage: Pioneer of the Computer. Princeton University Press, 1982.
1, 164-6, 253
IBM
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6 December 1273: The Dominican friar Thomas Aquinas, aged...
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6 December 1273
The Dominican friar Thomas Aquinas
, aged nearly fifty, had some kind of spiritual experience which caused him to break off writing the centrepiece of his writings. He died the next year, and his Summa...
Autumn 1834: Charles Babbage envisioned the Analytical...
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Autumn 1834
Charles Babbage
envisioned the Analytical Engine or calculating machine, an advance on his previous work on the Difference Engine and precursor to the modern computer.
Hyman, Anthony, editor. Science and Reform: Selected Works of Charles Babbage. Cambridge University Press, 1989.
242
Swade, Doron. Charles Babbage and his Calculating Engines. Science Museum, 1991.
30
Stanley, Autumn. Mothers and Daughters of Invention: Notes for a Revised History of Technology. Scarecrow Press, 1993.
633
Baum, Joan. The Calculating Passion of Ada Byron. Archon Books, 1986.
66ff, 105
1 July 1890: The Hollerith Electric Tabulating System...
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1 July 1890
The Hollerith Electric Tabulating System began processing data for the American census. This first mechanized census took five years less processing time than the census of 1880.
Campbell-Kelly, Martin, and William Aspray. Computer. Basic Books, 1996.
21, 23, 26
1969: Charles Goldfarb of IBM and two associates...
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1969
Charles Goldfarb
of IBM
and two associates invented the Generalized Markup Language (GML): he is sometimes called the father of SGML, or Standard Generalized Markup Language, of which GML was a predecessor.
Goldfarb, Charles. The SGML Handbook. Editor Rubinsky, Yuri, Clarendon, 1990.
568
1979: Lynn Conway (a transgendered US computer...
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1979
Lynn Conway
(a transgendered US computer scientist, a woman born as a male) radically simplified microchip design, permitting huge advances in engineering.
Vare, Ethlie Ann, and Greg Ptacek. Patently Female. John Wiley and Sons, 2002.
80-82
January 1983: Lotus 1-2-3 was launched: the first computer...
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January 1983
Lotus 1-2-3 was launched: the first computer spreadsheet programme, which revolutionized the speed and ease of instant financial calculations.
Lanchester, John. “See you in court, pal”. London Review of Books, 30 Sept. 1999, pp. 3-7.
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