F/OSS Comics
Comics about Free and Open Source Software
3. The Era of Commercial Computers
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n 1947, Eckert and Mauchly, the developers of ENIAC and EDVAC, founded the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation and introduced UNIVAC. Meanwhile, IBM launched the IBM 650, the first mass-produced computer, and developed foundational programming languages like Fortran and LISP. This marked the beginning of widespread commercial computing and software engineering in the 1950s...
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2. Alan Turing and Von Neumann
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After World War II, countries sought to develop computers. Alan Turing first proposed a theoretical computer model, influencing the design of modern computing. He aimed to prove Gödel's incompleteness theorems by designing a theoretical machine, leading to the Turing machine concept. Concurrently, the U.S. developed ENIAC, a general-purpose computer, evolving into the EDVAC with Von Neumann's input, establishing the foundation for modern computer architecture...
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1. Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace
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In the 19th century, Charles Babbage designed the difference engine, and Ada Lovelace created the first algorithm, shaping the foundation of modern computing and programming concepts.
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