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Evolution of data processing from punch cards to semiconductors
A compact history tracing data processing from 1890 census punch cards through 1920s advances to 1940s ENIAC and EDSAC, then to 1950s magnetic cores and cores, transistor use, and the rise of third generation computers. It notes the shift to internal memory for programs, and the continuing need for human computer programmers and data processors.
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ENIAC
University of Pennsylvania
Cambridge University
ENSAC
EDSAC