The History of Computers and Related Technologies" has
been added. 1801 was the creation of
the Jacquard loom which used "punch cards". Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs)
have been around since 1885 and the US gov't first used a computer in
the 1950's. Great Britain's colossus was developed before the engigma,
so people trying to perpetuate the importance of the US military in the
development of computer technologies is doing a disservice to students. history of computers microelectronics
related computer development,computers history computerese world the invention of the
transistor were all independent of military intent. If anything, even the
totalizator machines were created for statistical purposes and have been used
for horse racing, not rocket science
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The History of Computers and Related Technologies" has
been added. 1801 was the creation of
the Jacquard loom which used "punch cards". Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs)
have been around since 1885 and the 
this Web author would have you believe that computers
are here because of the military but the USA wasn't even a thought yet when
Babbage and Lovelace were working on and programming machines before the
Industrial Revolution, before the production of steel, so the "because of
the Army or because of the military is all wet... Eisenhower was President when
Russian launched Sputnik and that was a scientific embarassment. In late 1957
(October) Sputnik was launched history of personal computers
