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import{_ as o,c as t,o as a,ah as n}from"./chunks/framework.j4Nev8bF.js";const u=JSON.parse('{"title":"A Brief History of Computing","description":"","frontmatter":{},"headers":[],"relativePath":"exocto/comphist.md","filePath":"exocto/comphist.md"}'),i={name:"exocto/comphist.md"};function r(s,e,d,l,h,p){return a(),t("div",null,[...e[0]||(e[0]=[n('<h1 id="a-brief-history-of-computing" tabindex="-1">A Brief History of Computing <a class="header-anchor" href="#a-brief-history-of-computing" aria-label="Permalink to “A Brief History of Computing”"></a></h1><hr><p>One of the best resources for learning about the history of computers, is the history of the Unix machine! Classy name, right?</p><p>Computers started by reading punchcards; though eventually a language was developed to make their processes more automated. That language was C, or the seed that would grow into the C language. The system it was designed to build and maintain was call Unix.</p><p>A gentleman named Bill Gates soon started developing another system using the BASIC language; and this is how Microsoft as we know it, began.</p><p>It is important to note that C and Unix were originally created through the funding of Bell South Atlantic Labs and various US Universities researching computer engineering. Through a few coincidences, and convenient mishaps, C & Unix were made <em>open-source</em>; anyone could read the source code!</p><p>Early on, Microsoft differentiated itself from this trend, opting to be built on proprietary, or closed-source, code. And now open-source software is a growing norm, with open-source software available for most any application one might like to pursue. While the use of computers so common that a new problem has arisen.</p><p>Curiously enough during a lull in Unix development, while lawyers were deliberating, and individual named Linux Torvald created the Linux kernal; based on the original BSD Unix kernal, though entirely open-source.</p><p>And so, Linux was born spawning variants used across the world and the world's most prominant base for servers, and cloud computing.</p>',9)])])}const m=o(i,[["render",r]]);export{u as __pageData,m as default};
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