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History of Computer Programming

This document outlines some of the key events in the early history of computer programming including Charles Babbage's Difference Engine in 1822, Joseph Jacquard's mechanical loom in 1801, and Ada Lovelace's work translating an article about Babbage's proposed Analytic Engine in 1842-1843. It also mentions the development of the first electronic digital computer by Atanasoff and Berry in 1937-1942, the first programmable electronic digital computer with the Colossus Machine in 1944, and the first practical stored-program electronic computer with the EDSAC in 1949.

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History of Computer Programming

This document outlines some of the key events in the early history of computer programming including Charles Babbage's Difference Engine in 1822, Joseph Jacquard's mechanical loom in 1801, and Ada Lovelace's work translating an article about Babbage's proposed Analytic Engine in 1842-1843. It also mentions the development of the first electronic digital computer by Atanasoff and Berry in 1937-1942, the first programmable electronic digital computer with the Colossus Machine in 1944, and the first practical stored-program electronic computer with the EDSAC in 1949.

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History of Computer

Programming

 1822: Charles Babbage’s Difference engine


 1801: Joseph Marie Jacquard’s mechanical automated loom “ Jacquard loom”
 1842-1843: Lovelace’s translated article about Charles Babbage’s proposed Analytic
Engine
 1889: Herman Hollerith’s Electric Tabulating Machine
 1937-1942: Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC), the 1st electronic digital computer
(conceived- 1937, tested-1942)
 1944: The Colossus Machine, the 1st programmable electronic digital computers
 1947: Discovery of the 1st computer “Bug”
 1949: The Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC), the 1st practical
stored-program electronic computer
 1954: John Backus’ Fortran, the 1st high level computer programming language used
 1961: Spacewar! by Steve Russell, the 1st computer game
 1983: Computer virus defense techniques by Fred Cohen

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