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by: Humbul Humanities Hub
http://www.humbul.ac.uk/output/full3.php?id=5160
This web site provides a history of computing, with sections
devoted to software, hardware,
computer companies, and influential
individuals. There is also a
timeline and a general reference
section.
The site is extensive, although it does not make any claims to offer a comprehensive
history of computing. It is maintained by enthusiasts, and mostly written
in a style better suited to the general public than a scholarly audience.
The software, hardware, computer companies, and biographical sections each
offer alphabetical lists linking to brief accounts of relevant subjects,
usually with illustrations. The timelines and chronologies are detailed,
if a little enthusiastic in their divisions of computing history into periods
with names such as 'antiquity' and 'industrial era'.
The reference section actually contains
more of interest than might be anticipated, with essays on subjects such
as the history of computer viruses, robotics, hacking, and binary computers.
The site includes a search engine, and features a good annotated list of
links to museums with collections
of interest to historians of computing.
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