Have we always had computers?

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Always, no. For a long time, yes. Not always we had domputers with silicon as part of their processors, not digital computers, but nevertheless we had computers for a long time. The Antikythera mechanism is an example pf ancient computer that were analog not digital. What links an ancient shipwreck to the textile mills of Northern England? Both contained forerunners of the computing we use today. Computer language and software also have a long history, featuring military research and the repurposing of early programs widely used in manufacturing.

This lecture was recorded by Victoria Baines on 24th September 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, London.and if you watch it the lecture will delve far back into the archives of processing, prediction, difference, and analytical engines, to discover who really made them work.

  • 00:00 - Introduction
  • 03:30 - Antikythera mechanism
  • 15:11 - Mary Edwards
  • 20:44 - James Holmes and the Jacquard Loom
  • 24:08 - Charles Babbage and the Difference Engine
  • 26:28 - Ada Lovelace and the Analytical Engine
  • 39:23 - Fortran

At the moment of the lexture Victoria Baines was IT Livery Company Professor of Information Technology, a Senior Research Associate of the Intellectual Forum at Jesus College, Cambridge, a Senior Research Fellow of the British Foreign Policy Group, and a Fellow of the British Computer Society. So you better listen her / watch her because she is saying interesting stuff.

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