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Why Computer Science?

Source: JobWeb.com sponsored by the National Association of Colleges and Employers

A Brief History of Computers

Abacus (c B.C.) resource: applet:

What is this number?

Difference Engine (c A.D.) Charles Babbage

Analytical Engine (c A.D.) Ada Lovelace

Colossus (c A.D.) vs.

Transistor (c A.D.)

1950s (Before Culling the of the Herd)

IBM 360 (c. 1964)

ALTAIR 8800 (c A.D.)

Apple ][ (c. 1977)

IBM Personal Computer (c. 1981)

Input Devices: Dasher Eye Tracker

Sonic Flashlight, created by George Stetten, assistant professor of bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh an example of Augmented Reality.

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