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Early Automata are moving mechanical devices constructed to assume the look and functionality of humans or any animal figures. They ...

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Osborne 1 was also famously described as “a perfect blend of a shrunken instrument panel of a DC-3 and a World War II radio.” Its portability was amusing at the time of its release. The computer also ...

Lisp, originally LISP, stands for list processing. This family of programming languages is the second-oldest one that’s still in use.

Looking back to 1999 brings us to the story of Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker, who didn’t know exactly how at the time, but they would change the music industry forever. The release of their app, ...

A computer that processes analog data is known as an analog computer. Analog computers store information in physical quantities in a continuous format and use measurements to perform computation.

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Seymour Rubenstein and Rob Barnaby invented WordStar in 1978. Rubenstein worked for IMS Associates, Inc. as the director of marketing (IMSAI). IMS Associates, Inc. was a computer firm in California, ...