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Object of the Week for August 4

The Computer

Computer pioneers Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs introduced The Apple II to the public in April 1977 staring the boom in personal computer sales and pushed Apple into the lead among personal computer makers.

The Evolution of the Personal Computer

Links

  1. How Do Computers Work?
  2. How Computers Work: What Makes a Computer, a Computer?
  3. How Computers Work: Circuits and Logic
  4. How Computers Work: Binary & Data
  5. How Computers Work: Hardware and Software
  6. How Computers Work: CPU, Memory, Input & Output -SO COOL!
  7. What is the Internet??