The Computing Age
Everything about the computing age, what was developed, what was created, it is all a fact of the Cold War
US vs. USSR – a fight for global influence; containing the spreading of communism
Are the creations of weapons what made the United States more than successful?
Tough thing to think about…
The “Cold War”
Hierarchy
Authority
Centralized Control
Cold War Research
Targeting
How to aim bombs, shells and especially rocket launched nuclear missiles…this is where computers become central to this
Computer Invention
First came the analog, mechanical computers – Thank you Vannevar Bush
Secondly came the electrical computers (ENIAC – Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), which converts numerical values into electrical signals/values
Then all the way to the invention of the Microphone