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It is difficult to imagine counting without numbers, but there was a time when written numbers did not exist. The earliest counting device was the human hand and its fingers, the feet and toes. Then, as even larger quantities (larger than ten human-fingers and toes could represent) were counted, various natural items like pebbles and twigs were used to help keep count.
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Augusta Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace (London, 10 December 1815/27 November 1852), Mathematics and loose legitimate daughter of the poet Lord Byron, is considered the first computer programmer in History
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charles Babbage (1791-1871), computer pioneer, designed the first automatic computing engines. He invented computers but failed to build them.
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Famous mathematician Alan Turing proved in his 1936 paper, "On Computable Numbers," that a universal algorithmic method of determining truth in math cannot exist.
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computer history: First generation (1940-1952): Use of computers in the military and científic.Utilitzaven level programming language machine language without the existence of the SOUND
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IBM made a number of key technological changes in the decade of the 1950s. In 1952, the company introduced the IBM 701, its first large computer based on the vacuum tube.
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Microsoft is an American corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA. Microsoft supports the invention of, manufactures, and licenses goods and services related to computing
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Bill Gates is one of most recognisable names in the tech world and has been instrumental driving the sector forward. Anyone who has ever used a computer is guaranteed to have come into contact with software created by Microsoft.
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Steve Jobs co-founded Apple Computers with Steve Wozniak. And Jobs' guidance, the company pioneered a series of revolutionary technologies, including the iPhone and iPad.
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Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov was a pair of famous six-game human–computer chess matches, in the format of machine and humans, versus a human. In this format, on the machine side a team of chess experts and programmers manually alter engineering between the games.
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Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in September 1998. Since then the company has grown to have more than 40,000 employees worldwide, with a management team consisting of professionals from some of the most experienced technology sector.
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Google is an American multinational corporation specializing in Internet-related services and products
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Napster is a streaming music service that lets you listen to all the music you want instantly and anywhere you have internet connection or not. You can listen on your computer, on the Tablet and Mobile
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Kyle McDonald is one part coder, one part artist who uses his skills to explore ideas using interactive media
http://fitc.ca/article/how-to-give-everything-away-according-to-kyle-mcdonald-at-fitc-toronto-2012/
