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#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1981, IBM introduced its first personal computer, the IBM 5150. The IBM PC featured an Intel 8088 processor, 16 KB of RAM, and an open architecture that allowed users to add hardware and software from other companies.
For more: https://www.acm.org/education/otd-in-computing-history

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1981, IBM introduced its first personal computer, the IBM 5150. The IBM PC featured an Intel 8088 processor, 16 KB of RAM, and an open architecture that allowed users to add hardware and software from other companies.
For more: https://www.acm.org/education/otd-in-computing-history

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1981, IBM introduced its first personal computer, the IBM 5150. The IBM PC featured an Intel 8088 processor, 16 KB of RAM, and an open architecture that allowed users to add hardware and software from other companies.
For more: https://www.acm.org/education/otd-in-computing-history

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1981, IBM introduced its first personal computer, the IBM 5150. The IBM PC featured an Intel 8088 processor, 16 KB of RAM, and an open architecture that allowed users to add hardware and software from other companies.
For more: https://www.acm.org/education/otd-in-computing-history

That time I shrank a data table from 2 megabytes to 196 bytes

https://www.softwolves.com/wolfblog/2026/08/09/that-time-i-shrank-a-data-table-from-2-megabytes-to-196-bytes/

#Unicode #GB18030 #OperaBrowser #ComputingHistory

That time I shrank a data table from 2 megabytes to 196 bytes

https://www.softwolves.com/wolfblog/2026/08/09/that-time-i-shrank-a-data-table-from-2-megabytes-to-196-bytes/

#Unicode #GB18030 #OperaBrowser #ComputingHistory

That time I shrank a data table from 2 megabytes to 196 bytes

https://www.softwolves.com/wolfblog/2026/08/09/that-time-i-shrank-a-data-table-from-2-megabytes-to-196-bytes/

#Unicode #GB18030 #OperaBrowser #ComputingHistory

That time I shrank a data table from 2 megabytes to 196 bytes

https://www.softwolves.com/wolfblog/2026/08/09/that-time-i-shrank-a-data-table-from-2-megabytes-to-196-bytes/

#Unicode #GB18030 #OperaBrowser #ComputingHistory

That time I shrank a data table from 2 megabytes to 196 bytes

https://www.softwolves.com/wolfblog/2026/08/09/that-time-i-shrank-a-data-table-from-2-megabytes-to-196-bytes/

#Unicode #GB18030 #OperaBrowser #ComputingHistory

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1944, IBM presented the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC) to Harvard University. Today, many historians consider the machine, later known as the Harvard Mark I, one of the earliest large-scale automatic computers. At the time, however, the word "computer" usually referred to a person who performed mathematical calculations. As machines like the ASCC emerged, the term gradually came to describe the machines themselves. https://www.acm.org/education/otd-in-computing-history

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1944, IBM presented the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC) to Harvard University. Today, many historians consider the machine, later known as the Harvard Mark I, one of the earliest large-scale automatic computers. At the time, however, the word "computer" usually referred to a person who performed mathematical calculations. As machines like the ASCC emerged, the term gradually came to describe the machines themselves. https://www.acm.org/education/otd-in-computing-history

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1944, IBM presented the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC) to Harvard University. Today, many historians consider the machine, later known as the Harvard Mark I, one of the earliest large-scale automatic computers. At the time, however, the word "computer" usually referred to a person who performed mathematical calculations. As machines like the ASCC emerged, the term gradually came to describe the machines themselves. https://www.acm.org/education/otd-in-computing-history

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1944, IBM presented the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC) to Harvard University. Today, many historians consider the machine, later known as the Harvard Mark I, one of the earliest large-scale automatic computers. At the time, however, the word "computer" usually referred to a person who performed mathematical calculations. As machines like the ASCC emerged, the term gradually came to describe the machines themselves. https://www.acm.org/education/otd-in-computing-history

Hooray for the sockets interface

https://blog.apnic.net/2026/07/28/hooray-for-the-sockets-interface/

#Sockets #Networking #ComputingHistory

Hooray for the sockets interface

https://blog.apnic.net/2026/07/28/hooray-for-the-sockets-interface/

#Sockets #Networking #ComputingHistory

Hooray for the sockets interface

https://blog.apnic.net/2026/07/28/hooray-for-the-sockets-interface/

#Sockets #Networking #ComputingHistory

Hooray for the sockets interface

https://blog.apnic.net/2026/07/28/hooray-for-the-sockets-interface/

#Sockets #Networking #ComputingHistory

Hooray for the sockets interface

https://blog.apnic.net/2026/07/28/hooray-for-the-sockets-interface/

#Sockets #Networking #ComputingHistory

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law, helping accelerate the development and adoption of accessible computing technologies.

Over the years that followed, accessibility evolved from a niche feature into a core principle of technology design. Help us celebrate #DisabilityPrideMonth: https://www.acm.org/diversity-inclusion/awareness-month/disability-awareness-month #HCI #ACM #Accessibility

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law, helping accelerate the development and adoption of accessible computing technologies.

Over the years that followed, accessibility evolved from a niche feature into a core principle of technology design. Help us celebrate #DisabilityPrideMonth: https://www.acm.org/diversity-inclusion/awareness-month/disability-awareness-month #HCI #ACM #Accessibility

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law, helping accelerate the development and adoption of accessible computing technologies.

Over the years that followed, accessibility evolved from a niche feature into a core principle of technology design. Help us celebrate #DisabilityPrideMonth: https://www.acm.org/diversity-inclusion/awareness-month/disability-awareness-month #HCI #ACM #Accessibility

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law, helping accelerate the development and adoption of accessible computing technologies.

Over the years that followed, accessibility evolved from a niche feature into a core principle of technology design. Help us celebrate #DisabilityPrideMonth: https://www.acm.org/diversity-inclusion/awareness-month/disability-awareness-month #HCI #ACM #Accessibility

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1996, AT&T and Microsoft partnered to distribute Internet Explorer. The deal expanded the browser's reach and marked a major turning point in the race to dominate the early Web.

Explore more #computing milestones: https://www.acm.org/education/otd-in-computing-history

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1996, AT&T and Microsoft partnered to distribute Internet Explorer. The deal expanded the browser's reach and marked a major turning point in the race to dominate the early Web.

Explore more #computing milestones: https://www.acm.org/education/otd-in-computing-history

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1996, AT&T and Microsoft partnered to distribute Internet Explorer. The deal expanded the browser's reach and marked a major turning point in the race to dominate the early Web.

Explore more #computing milestones: https://www.acm.org/education/otd-in-computing-history

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1996, AT&T and Microsoft partnered to distribute Internet Explorer. The deal expanded the browser's reach and marked a major turning point in the race to dominate the early Web.

Explore more #computing milestones: https://www.acm.org/education/otd-in-computing-history

I'm not all the way through his talk yet, but Erik Lindholm's keynote for day 2 of HPG2026 has some nice #graphics and #ComputingHistory of SGI and Nvidia

https://youtu.be/2fxqZfBi1YY?t=25086

I'm not all the way through his talk yet, but Erik Lindholm's keynote for day 2 of HPG2026 has some nice #graphics and #ComputingHistory of SGI and Nvidia

https://youtu.be/2fxqZfBi1YY?t=25086

I'm not all the way through his talk yet, but Erik Lindholm's keynote for day 2 of HPG2026 has some nice #graphics and #ComputingHistory of SGI and Nvidia

https://youtu.be/2fxqZfBi1YY?t=25086

I'm not all the way through his talk yet, but Erik Lindholm's keynote for day 2 of HPG2026 has some nice #graphics and #ComputingHistory of SGI and Nvidia

https://youtu.be/2fxqZfBi1YY?t=25086

I'm not all the way through his talk yet, but Erik Lindholm's keynote for day 2 of HPG2026 has some nice #graphics and #ComputingHistory of SGI and Nvidia

https://youtu.be/2fxqZfBi1YY?t=25086

🎉 Happy 50th #birthday to the Zilog Z80, the processor that was the tech equivalent of bell-bottoms and disco balls! 🎈 It's so ancient it might as well be a fossil, yet here we are, nostalgically celebrating the silicon relic that powered computers slower than your grandma's dial-up connection. 😂
https://goliath32.com/blog/z80.html #ZilogZ80 #Nostalgia #RetroTech #ComputingHistory #HackerNews #ngated

🎉 Happy 50th #birthday to the Zilog Z80, the processor that was the tech equivalent of bell-bottoms and disco balls! 🎈 It's so ancient it might as well be a fossil, yet here we are, nostalgically celebrating the silicon relic that powered computers slower than your grandma's dial-up connection. 😂
https://goliath32.com/blog/z80.html #ZilogZ80 #Nostalgia #RetroTech #ComputingHistory #HackerNews #ngated

🎉 Happy 50th #birthday to the Zilog Z80, the processor that was the tech equivalent of bell-bottoms and disco balls! 🎈 It's so ancient it might as well be a fossil, yet here we are, nostalgically celebrating the silicon relic that powered computers slower than your grandma's dial-up connection. 😂
https://goliath32.com/blog/z80.html #ZilogZ80 #Nostalgia #RetroTech #ComputingHistory #HackerNews #ngated

🎉 Happy 50th #birthday to the Zilog Z80, the processor that was the tech equivalent of bell-bottoms and disco balls! 🎈 It's so ancient it might as well be a fossil, yet here we are, nostalgically celebrating the silicon relic that powered computers slower than your grandma's dial-up connection. 😂
https://goliath32.com/blog/z80.html #ZilogZ80 #Nostalgia #RetroTech #ComputingHistory #HackerNews #ngated

🎉 Happy 50th #birthday to the Zilog Z80, the processor that was the tech equivalent of bell-bottoms and disco balls! 🎈 It's so ancient it might as well be a fossil, yet here we are, nostalgically celebrating the silicon relic that powered computers slower than your grandma's dial-up connection. 😂
https://goliath32.com/blog/z80.html #ZilogZ80 #Nostalgia #RetroTech #ComputingHistory #HackerNews #ngated

What a time to be alive.

https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/07/16/microsoft-comic-chat-is-now-open-source/

Microsoft's Comic Chat IRC client -- the app that introduced the world to the beloved Comic Sans font -- is now open source, on Github.

#IRC #InternetRelayChat #ComicChat #Microsoft #ComicSans #opensource #technews #computinghistory #internet #oldschool #fonts #computing #computers

What a time to be alive.

https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/07/16/microsoft-comic-chat-is-now-open-source/

Microsoft's Comic Chat IRC client -- the app that introduced the world to the beloved Comic Sans font -- is now open source, on Github.

#IRC #InternetRelayChat #ComicChat #Microsoft #ComicSans #opensource #technews #computinghistory #internet #oldschool #fonts #computing #computers

What a time to be alive.

https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/07/16/microsoft-comic-chat-is-now-open-source/

Microsoft's Comic Chat IRC client -- the app that introduced the world to the beloved Comic Sans font -- is now open source, on Github.

#IRC #InternetRelayChat #ComicChat #Microsoft #ComicSans #opensource #technews #computinghistory #internet #oldschool #fonts #computing #computers

What a time to be alive.

https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/07/16/microsoft-comic-chat-is-now-open-source/

Microsoft's Comic Chat IRC client -- the app that introduced the world to the beloved Comic Sans font -- is now open source, on Github.

#IRC #InternetRelayChat #ComicChat #Microsoft #ComicSans #opensource #technews #computinghistory #internet #oldschool #fonts #computing #computers

What a time to be alive.

https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/07/16/microsoft-comic-chat-is-now-open-source/

Microsoft's Comic Chat IRC client -- the app that introduced the world to the beloved Comic Sans font -- is now open source, on Github.

#IRC #InternetRelayChat #ComicChat #Microsoft #ComicSans #opensource #technews #computinghistory #internet #oldschool #fonts #computing #computers

Jurassic Park Computers in EXCRUCIATING DETAIL

https://fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic_park_computers/index.html

#UNIX #IKNOWTHIS #SGI #Sun #Mac #Workstations #movies #films #JurassicPark #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #computinghistory #tech #vintagetech #entertainment #blog #photo #nineties

Jurassic Park Computers in EXCRUCIATING DETAIL

https://fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic_park_computers/index.html

#UNIX #IKNOWTHIS #SGI #Sun #Mac #Workstations #movies #films #JurassicPark #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #computinghistory #tech #vintagetech #entertainment #blog #photo #nineties

Jurassic Park Computers in EXCRUCIATING DETAIL

https://fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic_park_computers/index.html

#UNIX #IKNOWTHIS #SGI #Sun #Mac #Workstations #movies #films #JurassicPark #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #computinghistory #tech #vintagetech #entertainment #blog #photo #nineties

Jurassic Park Computers in EXCRUCIATING DETAIL

https://fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic_park_computers/index.html

#UNIX #IKNOWTHIS #SGI #Sun #Mac #Workstations #movies #films #JurassicPark #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #computinghistory #tech #vintagetech #entertainment #blog #photo #nineties

Jurassic Park Computers in EXCRUCIATING DETAIL

https://fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic_park_computers/index.html

#UNIX #IKNOWTHIS #SGI #Sun #Mac #Workstations #movies #films #JurassicPark #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #computinghistory #tech #vintagetech #entertainment #blog #photo #nineties

Ah, the wonders of modern technology! 🌐 Can't read about the groundbreaking history of MITS without first winning the epic battle against the mighty #JavaScript and cookie gods. 🍪⚔️ Who knew computing history was locked behind a browser mini-game? 🙄
https://www.abortretry.fail/p/micro-instrumentation-and-telemetry #moderntechnology #computinghistory #browsergame #cookiebattle #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the wonders of modern technology! 🌐 Can't read about the groundbreaking history of MITS without first winning the epic battle against the mighty #JavaScript and cookie gods. 🍪⚔️ Who knew computing history was locked behind a browser mini-game? 🙄
https://www.abortretry.fail/p/micro-instrumentation-and-telemetry #moderntechnology #computinghistory #browsergame #cookiebattle #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the wonders of modern technology! 🌐 Can't read about the groundbreaking history of MITS without first winning the epic battle against the mighty #JavaScript and cookie gods. 🍪⚔️ Who knew computing history was locked behind a browser mini-game? 🙄
https://www.abortretry.fail/p/micro-instrumentation-and-telemetry #moderntechnology #computinghistory #browsergame #cookiebattle #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the wonders of modern technology! 🌐 Can't read about the groundbreaking history of MITS without first winning the epic battle against the mighty #JavaScript and cookie gods. 🍪⚔️ Who knew computing history was locked behind a browser mini-game? 🙄
https://www.abortretry.fail/p/micro-instrumentation-and-telemetry #moderntechnology #computinghistory #browsergame #cookiebattle #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the wonders of modern technology! 🌐 Can't read about the groundbreaking history of MITS without first winning the epic battle against the mighty #JavaScript and cookie gods. 🍪⚔️ Who knew computing history was locked behind a browser mini-game? 🙄
https://www.abortretry.fail/p/micro-instrumentation-and-telemetry #moderntechnology #computinghistory #browsergame #cookiebattle #HackerNews #ngated

Interesting post with a bunch of Unix facts I didn't know.

｢ The trademark UNIX belongs to The Open Group, an industry consortium based in the United States and the United Kingdom. The Open Group has kept the mark since 1996, when it was formed from the merger of X/Open and the Open Software Foundation. X/Open had received the trademark from Novell in 1993, and Novell had it from AT&T's Unix System Laboratories ｣

https://vivianvoss.net/blog/definition-of-unix

#unix #computinghistory #retrocomputing

Interesting post with a bunch of Unix facts I didn't know.

｢ The trademark UNIX belongs to The Open Group, an industry consortium based in the United States and the United Kingdom. The Open Group has kept the mark since 1996, when it was formed from the merger of X/Open and the Open Software Foundation. X/Open had received the trademark from Novell in 1993, and Novell had it from AT&T's Unix System Laboratories ｣

https://vivianvoss.net/blog/definition-of-unix

#unix #computinghistory #retrocomputing

Interesting post with a bunch of Unix facts I didn't know.

｢ The trademark UNIX belongs to The Open Group, an industry consortium based in the United States and the United Kingdom. The Open Group has kept the mark since 1996, when it was formed from the merger of X/Open and the Open Software Foundation. X/Open had received the trademark from Novell in 1993, and Novell had it from AT&T's Unix System Laboratories ｣

https://vivianvoss.net/blog/definition-of-unix

#unix #computinghistory #retrocomputing

Interesting post with a bunch of Unix facts I didn't know.

｢ The trademark UNIX belongs to The Open Group, an industry consortium based in the United States and the United Kingdom. The Open Group has kept the mark since 1996, when it was formed from the merger of X/Open and the Open Software Foundation. X/Open had received the trademark from Novell in 1993, and Novell had it from AT&T's Unix System Laboratories ｣

https://vivianvoss.net/blog/definition-of-unix

#unix #computinghistory #retrocomputing

Interesting post with a bunch of Unix facts I didn't know.

｢ The trademark UNIX belongs to The Open Group, an industry consortium based in the United States and the United Kingdom. The Open Group has kept the mark since 1996, when it was formed from the merger of X/Open and the Open Software Foundation. X/Open had received the trademark from Novell in 1993, and Novell had it from AT&T's Unix System Laboratories ｣

https://vivianvoss.net/blog/definition-of-unix

#unix #computinghistory #retrocomputing

I love weaving—and the history of fabrics is deeply tied to computing!

From the Jacquard loom (which used punch cards to automate patterns) to early computers like IBM's, textile technology laid the foundation for modern computing. Even Ada Lovelace recognized the loom's punch cards as an early form of programming.

This art by Irene Posch and Ebru Kurbak embroidered 8-bit computers into textiles—beautiful and thoughtful work that bridges craft and code.

https://ebrukurbak.net/stitching-worlds/

#TextileArt #ComputingHistory #JacquardLoom #FabricAndCode #TechEvolution

I love weaving—and the history of fabrics is deeply tied to computing!

From the Jacquard loom (which used punch cards to automate patterns) to early computers like IBM's, textile technology laid the foundation for modern computing. Even Ada Lovelace recognized the loom's punch cards as an early form of programming.

This art by Irene Posch and Ebru Kurbak embroidered 8-bit computers into textiles—beautiful and thoughtful work that bridges craft and code.

https://ebrukurbak.net/stitching-worlds/

#TextileArt #ComputingHistory #JacquardLoom #FabricAndCode #TechEvolution

I love weaving—and the history of fabrics is deeply tied to computing!

From the Jacquard loom (which used punch cards to automate patterns) to early computers like IBM's, textile technology laid the foundation for modern computing. Even Ada Lovelace recognized the loom's punch cards as an early form of programming.

This art by Irene Posch and Ebru Kurbak embroidered 8-bit computers into textiles—beautiful and thoughtful work that bridges craft and code.

https://ebrukurbak.net/stitching-worlds/

#TextileArt #ComputingHistory #JacquardLoom #FabricAndCode #TechEvolution

I love weaving—and the history of fabrics is deeply tied to computing!

From the Jacquard loom (which used punch cards to automate patterns) to early computers like IBM's, textile technology laid the foundation for modern computing. Even Ada Lovelace recognized the loom's punch cards as an early form of programming.

This art by Irene Posch and Ebru Kurbak embroidered 8-bit computers into textiles—beautiful and thoughtful work that bridges craft and code.

https://ebrukurbak.net/stitching-worlds/

#TextileArt #ComputingHistory #JacquardLoom #FabricAndCode #TechEvolution