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A guided exploration of computing origins, generations, people, inventions and turning points.
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Follow 6 groups and 18 lessons from the first ideas to stored programs, hardware generations, personal computers and networks. Each lesson includes milestones, explanations, an activity with an answer, and sources. No programming background is required.
A chronological path through company-led breakthroughs in computing, identifying the year, achievement and whether each leap centered on hardware, software or both, from the foundations through 2026.
A foundational path covering computer components, data representation, files, the operating system, the Internet, security, backup, and device selection.
