It Some Computer Prehistory And Early History

Andru Luvisi, Sonoma State University

Stevenson Hall 1300
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

This talk will superficially breeze through a few thousand years of computing and calculating history, discuss some ideas and technologies that played key roles in early computing, and describe some features of a few early computing devices. Special emphasis will be given to the ENIAC and some issues related to base ten arithmetic.