Provides historical information on computers and networks, from the beginning of mechanical calculators in the 1640's to modern times.

This BBC "hot topic" contains a description of the types of computer viruses. It also provides different ways to prevent or eliminate computer viruses.

Brief history of programming languages is provided in this research paper at this site.

The University of St. Andrews offers a brief history of the first math problem to be solved with computers.

Informative site detailing the use of computer floppy dirves. Content includes a focus on floppy drive ABCs, floppy history, floppy cable, creating a floppy boot disk, floppy disk definitions, and coverage of 3.5 and 5 1/4 floppy diskettes.

Learn how art through the ages has been influenced by the Earth and the heavens. See paintings that attempted to explain the Earth's creation from a scientific standpoint, sacred architecture that provided a place to worship the heavens,...

Defense-related research leads to the computer, the world enters the atomic age and TV conquers America.

Computers evolve into PCs, researchers discover one new subatomic particle after another and the space age gives our psyches and science a new context.

Learn about Charles Babbage; computer pioneer, philosopher, politician, newtonian, industrialist who lived from 1791 to 1871.

The Apple Museum provides in depth information on the history of the Apple company and its products. Contributing to this information are articles written in reference to the company and/or its products. Code names, video clips, specs...

The personal computer (PC) has become a common fixture in virtually every home, business and classroom. This lecture series describes the history of the personal computer.

This is a brief biography of Charles Babbage, also known as the "Father of Computing".

Provides an excellent timeline of the history of the American office. Great pictures, easy to read, and the history is broken into eras for easy researching.

A complete guide to the computer CPU, including CPU ABCs, known CPU bugs, processor history and information, technical support, processor definitions as well as information on math coprocessors, compatible Intel processors, interposer,...

The rise of American cities between 1865 and 1900 was spawned by the industrial revolution. Technological advancements in industry and transportation fathered the enormous growth of large cities across the United States. This led to the...

An account of the historic growth of the famous high tech California region known as the Silicon Valley! Read as circumstances placed creative people, and business in the right place at the right time allowing them to come together to...

This site has the description and history of the ENIAC, including its development and use in World War II.

The transistor and the integrated circuit were two inventions that fueled the technology explosion. This lecture presents a brief discussion of these two inventions.

A chronology of the life and achievements of J. Presper Eckert is given. Also provided is some information on the ENIAC.

Take an academic look at wearable computing with this site from MIT. Check out the research currently going on at the institution, including "fashion shows" of various devices. Also contains "A Brief History of Wearable Computing Timeline".

In this interactive activity adapted from A Science Odyssey, learn how technology in the home has changed through the years. Scroll through a timeline from 1900 to 2010 to explore technological innovations in the home (such as...

Check out the illustration of the progress of personal computing tablets. Could it be true that they actually began in the nineteenth century?

EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) was an early computer that was one of the first to use the binary number system to represent information. This lecture is a brief presentation of the EDVAC.

A Turing Machine is not an actual machine, but rather a symbolic system that can be used to represent any algorithm used to solve a problem. This lecture series gives a very brief description of the Turing Machine.