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    The document provides a brief history of computing from ancient times to the 1960s. It shows the evolution from early counting tools like the abacus in 500-1000 BC, to mechanical calculators and punched cards in 1500-1625, to the analytical engine and Boolean algebra in the 1830s-1889, and then developments in logic circuits, vacuum tubes, transistors and the first digital computers in 1900 and later, mini computers and microprocessors emerging in the 1960s.

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    The document provides a brief history of computing from ancient times to the 1960s. It shows the evolution from early counting tools like the abacus in 500-1000 BC, to mechanical calculators and punched cards in 1500-1625, to the analytical engine and Boolean algebra in the 1830s-1889, and then developments in logic circuits, vacuum tubes, transistors and the first digital computers in 1900 and later, mini computers and microprocessors emerging in the 1960s.

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    HISTORY OF

    COMPUTING

    ABACUS
    -mother of
    digital computer

    MECHANICAL
    CALCUs, 500-1000BC
    ARITHMETIC
    MACHINE &
    PUNCHED
    CARDS
    ANALYTICAL
    ENGINE,
    1500-1625
    BOOLEAN
    ALGEBRA,
    PAPER TAPE

    LOGIC
    1830-1889
    MACHINE,
    BOOLEAN
    ALGEBRA TO
    CIRCUITS

    1850-1890 Vacuum,
    Semiconductor
    Transistors,
    digital compiter
    Minicomputers
    & 1900
    Microprocessors

    1960s

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