This book covers modern computing from the development of the first electronic digital computer through the dot-com crash. The author concentrates on five key moments of transition: the transformation ...
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Science history: Invention of the transistor ushers in the computing era — Oct. 3, 1950
On Oct. 3, 1950, three scientists at Bell Labs in New Jersey received a U.S. patent for what would become one of the most important inventions of the 20th century — the transistor. John Bardeen, ...
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In 1979, Steve Jobs visited Xerox PARC and saw a GUI demo, which helped shape the Macintosh and modern computing
24-year-old Steve Jobs visited Xerox PARC and got exposed to technologies that would eventually shape the evolution of the personal computer. This was not a product release or any other announcement.
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