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The first computers

Charles A. Jortberg

199739 pagesabout 35–55 minutes
1997
first published
  • 1997Abdo & Daughters · 39 pages · ENGISBN 9781562397234

Surveys the history of devices leading up to modern computer systems, from ancient celestial calculators and abacuses to punched card systems and the Univac.

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Written forMiddle grade
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