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The microprocessor led to the microcomputer revolution, with the development of the microcomputer, which would later be called the personal computer (PC). Most early microprocessors, such as the Intel 8008 and Intel 8080, were 8-bit. Texas Instruments released the first fully 16-bit microprocessor, the TMS9900 processor, in June 1976. [71]
Specializing in the American Civil War, Davis has written more than 40 books on that subject and other aspects of early southern U.S. history, such as the Texas Revolution. [1] He is the only three-time winner of the Jefferson Davis Prize for Confederate history and was awarded the Jules and Frances Landry Award for Southern History. [2]
Some computers in this series remained in service until the 1980s. June 1952: US IAS machine completed at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, US (by Von Neumann and others). 1952 France Bull introduces the Gamma 3. A dual-mode decimal and binary computer that sold over 1200 units, becoming the first computer produced in over 1000 units ...
During the Information Revolution all these activities are experiencing continuous growth, while other information-oriented activities are emerging. Information is the central theme of several new sciences, which emerged in the 1940s, including Shannon's (1949) Information Theory [79] and Wiener's (1948) Cybernetics. Wiener stated: "information ...
January 2: Brad Cox, American computer scientist, and inventor of the Objective-C programming language (b. 1944) January 28: Alice Recoque, French computer scientist (b. 1929) February 1: Walter Savitch, American computer scientist and theoretical mathematician (b. 1943) February 6: Ioan Dzițac, Romanian computer scientist and mathematician (b ...
These photos from the Star-Telegram show long-gone rides, historic moments and fun memories from the 1960s into into 2010s. ... Six Flags Over Texas’ new circus-like show, rehearse. July 7, 2007 ...
William Louis Garrison (1924–2015) was an American geographer, transportation analyst and professor at the University of California, Berkeley. [1] [2] While at the Department of Geography, University of Washington in the 1950s, Garrison led the "quantitative revolution" in geography, which applied computers and statistics to the study of spatial problems.
From 1941 to 1979, Iran was ruled by King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah. On February 11, 1979, the Islamic Revolution swept the country.