© Nancy E. Reed, 1997 -- ECS 15 -- Fall 1997

Lecture 13 Notes
History of Computing, part I

Handouts:

• Writing, Part 3: The Term Paper (4 pages, html)

Readings

• Image bank on the history of computing in your Computers text.

The (Brief!) History of Computing

Today we will see the video The Machine that Changed the World - Giant Brains. Some of the important concepts that you should think about and look for in the video, lecture notes, and text are listed below.

Important people/events/machines/ideas in the history of computing:

• Jaquard loom
• Charles Babbage
• Lady Ada, countess of Lovelace
• Herman Hollerith
• Konrad Zuse
• ENIAC
• Mauchly & Eckert
• Telephone relays
• Vacuum tubes
• Transistors
• Integrated circuits
• Microprocessors
• Fifth Generation Project
• Artificial Intelligence, expert systems, natural language processing

Video -- Giant Brains

This video is an hour long (longer than lecture). Most of it was shown, however, starting a few minutes into the video and ending a few minutes before the end. The entire video is recommended.

Note: This video is available for viewing in 1101 Hart Hall. It is filed under ECS015, Series - The Machine that Changed the World, Title - Giant Brains.

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