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Computer Hope

Computer Hope: Information About Computer Floppy Drives

For Students 9th - 10th
Informative site detailing the use of computer floppy dirves. Content includes a focus on floppy drive ABCs, floppy history, floppy cable, creating a floppy boot disk, floppy disk definitions, and coverage of 3.5 and 5 1/4 floppy diskettes.
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Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech: Charles Babbage

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Charles Babbage; computer pioneer, philosopher, politician, newtonian, industrialist who lived from 1791 to 1871.
Article
History of Computing Science

History of Computing Science: Edvac

For Students 9th - 10th
EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) was an early computer that was one of the first to use the binary number system to represent information. This lecture is a brief presentation of the EDVAC.
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PBS

Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Gary Kildall

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page profile of influential innovator, Gary Kildall, a pioneer in the computer age whose vision and ideas created the first disc operating system for a microcomputer.
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Agnes Scott College

Agnes Scott College: Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace

For Students 9th - 10th
Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace (1815-1852), was one of the most picturesque characters in computer history. The daughter of the poet Lord Byron, she was raised to be a mathematician and scientist and contributed to the work of Charles Babbage.