The Grand Narrative of the History of Computing - Professor Doron Swade

A discussion of the core concepts of modern computing and their basis in history.
Dr Doron Swade offers a new analysis of the history of computing, suggesting that instead of a linear progression from one phase to the next, it is better understood as a series of separate computational functions diverging and converging.
Dr Swade goes beyond the analysis of the history of computing as moving from the Mechanical to the Electromechanical and then to the Electronic phase. Instead he argues that the history of computing is better understood as the diverging and merging of a series of streams which represent very separate computational functions or paradigms: Calculation, Automatic Computation, Information Management, Communication and the Electronic Information Age.
This is the 2013 Gresham-BSHM lecture, tracing the origins of the core concepts of modern computing.
The downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: www.gresham.ac....
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[@VinDcator]

In general, there are lots of exceptional people with the aptitude to do what other brilliant people have done, but without acknowledgment. Wthout their input, we would neither be here to view, nor comment, on this video about the history of computing. I'm grateful for their innovations.

[@hyphenpointhyphen]

Astonishing with how little our ancients were able to work.

[@ronnieaux5290]

Or how powerful computing has become and how few actually know how to program them. (Or what trivialities we use them for)

[@SeanMauer]

Interesting how the history of computing more closely follows intelligent design than evolution.

[@ingyinginging]

A testament to human intelligence. :)

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