Modern Marvels - The Creation of the Computer (History Channel)
Modern Marvels - The Creation of the Computer (History Channel) They are the machines at the center of the information age. They have revolutionized our lives and our world, making previously unthinkable tasks automatic and linking people together around the planet.
Join MODERN MARVELSTM for a fascinating look at the history of the computer. See Charles Babbage’s Victorian “counting machine,” a mechanical computer that produced perfect results for any mathematical problem of six figures or less. Discover how IBM was launched with a punch-card counting machine built to speed the 1890 census. Trace the technological advancements that led to the first true modern “computers” and the rapid progress that saw computers shrink from room-sized monsters to the desktop units that are revolutionizing life in the ’90s.
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Format: DVD MOVIE
Customer Review: The Creation of the Computer is a must have DVD!!
This DVD was worth its price. It starts with Charles Babbage’s difference engine that could calculate six figures or less. It shows how IBM was launched with a punch-card counting machine built to speed the 1890 census and why they switched to magnetic tape for backup. ENIAC, a WWII computer is discussed as well as the fist commercial computer mainframe UNIVAC. An insight of how the space race and Intel developed the first programmable IC (Integrated Circuit)caused minituration of computer components. Briefly Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are discussed at the end which lead to the beginning of the Personal Computer (PC). Xerox Park is also discussed as the innovators of the Graphic User Interface (GUI).
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