Extra! Extra! The Evolution of Modern Computing
From giant calculators to networked computers to the Web
30 years ago today (April 30, 1993), CERN made the World Wide Web available to the world free of charge.
80 years ago (April 2, 1943), John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert of the Moore School at the University of Pennsylvania submitted a proposal for building an “electronic calculator” to the U.S. Army’s Ballistics Research Laboratory. The contract was si…
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