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Difference Engine
The completed portion of Charles Babbage's Difference Engine, 1832. This advanced...
Science Museum London
Clifford E. Berry and the Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Clifford E. Berry and the Atanasoff-Berry Computer, or ABC, c. 1942. The ABC was...
Iowa State University Photo Service
Manchester Mark I
The first stored-program digital computer, c. 1949.
Reprinted with permission of the Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Eng.
first transistor
The transistor was invented in 1947 at Bell Laboratories by John Bardeen, Walter...
Lucent Technologies Inc./ Bell Labs
integrated circuit
A typical integrated circuit, shown on a fingernail.
Charles Falco/Science Source
microprocessor
Core of an Intel 80486DX2 microprocessor showing the die.
Matt Britt
iPhone 4
Released in 2010, the iPhone 4 was the first iPhone to feature a front-facing camera....
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An ALU within a CPU
The basic organization of a computer.
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