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1 Why Computer Science?

2 http://www.jobweb.com/SalaryInfo Source: JobWeb.com sponsored by the National Association of Colleges and Employers

3 A Brief History of Computers

4 Abacus (c. 2600 B.C.) resource: http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf/abacus/http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf/abacus/ applet: http://www.tux.org/~bagleyd/java/AbacusApp.htmlhttp://www.tux.org/~bagleyd/java/AbacusApp.html

5 What is this number?

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7 Difference Engine (c. 1832 A.D.) Charles Babbage

8 Analytical Engine (c. 1837 A.D.) Ada Lovelace

9 Colossus (c. 1944 A.D.) vs.

10 Transistor (c. 1947 A.D.)

11 1950s (Before Culling the of the Herd)

12 IBM 360 (c. 1964)

13 ALTAIR 8800 (c. 1974 A.D.)

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15 Apple ][ (c. 1977)

16 IBM Personal Computer (c. 1981)

17 Input Devices: Dasher Eye Tracker http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/movies/20020520_demo.asf

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

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