Category: History of Computers

Today is another fun day in History of Computers: on January 22, 1998, Chiat/Day introduced The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize

In 1820 The Arithmometer (or Arithmomètre)  was the first mass-produced calculator invented by Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar. It was  a mechanical calculator that in

We are continuing our History of Computers category with the Jacquard mechanical loom (that could be attached to a power loom or a hand

Infinitesimal calculus is the part of mathematics concerned with finding slope of curves, areas under curves, minima and maxima, and other geometric and analytic

Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and philosopher, is mostly know as the name behind a “Pascal’s Law”. While researching pressure of liquids, he explained principle

Moving forward from Napier Rods and Napier’s contribution to calculating sticks based on the gelosia, or lattice, multiplication method. In 1620 Edmund Gunter of

Our excurse into History of Computer continues with 1614 , when John Napier invented a system of moveable rods (Napier’s Rods) based on logarithms. This

What comes to your mind when you think of April 15th? How about a celebration of a great genius of all times Leonardo da

This post continues our  Computer Systems History series. The Antikythera mechanism is one of the world’s oldest known geared devices, and it is widely

This post continues our  Computer Systems History series. Through most of the middle ages, technological advancement was almost at standstill. Before large mechanical clocks

This post continues our  Computer Systems History series. Heron of Alexandria – a 1st century inventor, physicist and mathematician Heron (also know as Hero

This post continues our  Computer Systems History series. A binary system is actually an astronomical term referring to two objects in space (usually stars,

This post continues our  Computer Systems History series. Formal language theory is crucial to the computers history, because formal language can be taught, understood

This post begins our Computer Systems History series. The abacus, also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool – the first known calculator,