ID03 - 24 Sept 2003swarm.cs.virginia.edu
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(Really) Brief History of Computing
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Monolithic Computersin guarded, air-conditioned roomsNo interactionsNarrow interface tooperator (punch cards,teletype), no interfaceto environmentFixed Networks of PCsData interactions withother computers, butmost computing donelocallyRich interface to user,limited interface toenvironmentBillions of small,cheap unreliabledevicesComputingorganized throughlocal interactionsFundamentallyintegrated intophysicalenvironment
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