# COMPUTING / a brief history

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Category: Technology
Slides: 13
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:45.504Z
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## Summary

Charles Babbage designed a mechanical, general-purpose computer with a "mill" (CPU), "store" (memory), and punched-card input — over a century before the electronic computer. Key sections include: COMPUTING; BABBAGE'S ANALYTICAL ENGINE; TURING'S UNIVERSAL MACHINE; ENIAC & THE STORED PROGRAM; THE TRANSISTOR; FORTRAN — A LANGUAGE FOR HUMANS; UNIX & THE C LANGUAGE; INTEL 4004 — A CPU ON A CHIP; THE PERSONAL COMPUTER; THE WORLD WIDE WEB.

## Slide Outline

1. COMPUTING
2. BABBAGE'S ANALYTICAL ENGINE
3. TURING'S UNIVERSAL MACHINE
4. ENIAC & THE STORED PROGRAM
5. THE TRANSISTOR
6. FORTRAN — A LANGUAGE FOR HUMANS
7. UNIX & THE C LANGUAGE
8. INTEL 4004 — A CPU ON A CHIP
9. THE PERSONAL COMPUTER
10. THE WORLD WIDE WEB
11. iPHONE — A COMPUTER IN EVERY POCKET
12. GPUs & THE DEEP-LEARNING RENAISSANCE
13. FURTHER READING

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