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Birth of the Computer
Birth of the Computer
Computation Becomes Electronic (late 1930s/40s)Early electronic computers were one-of-a-kind machines built for specific tasks. But setting them up was cumbersome and time-consuming. The revolutionary innovation of storing programs in memory replaced the switches and wiring with readily changed software.
Computation Becomes Electronic (late 1930s/40s)Early electronic computers were one-of-a-kind machines built for specific tasks. But setting them up was cumbersome and time-consuming. The revolutionary innovation of storing programs in memory replaced the switches and wiring with readily changed software.
ENIAC programmers Frances Bilas (later Frances Spence) and Betty Jean Jennings (later Jean Bartik) stand at its main control panels. Both held degrees in mathematics.
Margaret Hamilton and the code that got Apollo to the moon!
Margaret Hamilton and the code that got Apollo to the moon!
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