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Notes on Bernoulli Numbers
Lovelace's table of operations shows how a mathematical procedure becomes a sequence a machine can follow.
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Stories about the people and machines that came before us.
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The Story of Computing
A thread about the first programmers, the machines that learned to remember, and the networks that connected them.
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Ada and the Analytical Engine
Her notes on the Analytical Engine imagined a machine that could compose music as readily as it could solve equations.
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Punched Cards to Core Memory
The history of memory is a history of making the invisible reliable.
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Packet Switching
Packet switching replaced the idea of a dedicated line with a shared, adaptive path.
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The Networked Turn
The network changed the computer from a room-sized tool into a place where people could meet.
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Machines That Remember
Memory was once a room full of delicate hardware, and every bit was an engineering achievement.
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The First Programmers
Before there were computers to run, there were people imagining what instructions could make them do.