Introduction to Computers/History

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View this podcast to find out about the history of computing. The history of computers is a long one.

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[[Image:CharlesBabbage.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Charles Babbage, who is accredited with first conceptualizing the programmable computer [[w:en:Charles_babbage].]]]

[[Image:377px-Ada_Lovelace.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ada Lovelase, a mathematician who helped Charles Babbage by being the first programmer[[w:en:Ada_lovelace].]]]

A model of Joseph Jacquard's loom

A replica of the Z1, a mechanical computer created by Konrad Zuse in 1936

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