Immerse yourself in the study of German language, culture, and society. Take courses with German students at the Freie Universität Berlin. Live with a German family. Explore Berlin and Germany through ...

What we in the United States know as the Gay Movement is not as visible in Spain or Latin America. Hispanics are much more reluctant to self-identify as gay or lesbian. Gay liberation movements in the ...

1978. The Digital Equipment Corporation VT100 was the first ANSI X3.64 compliant terminal and featured lots of innovations including control by an Intel 8085 microprocessor (rather than custom ...

Herman Hollerith's Type 001 Mechanical Card Punch, patented in 1901, was the first key punch; that is, the first card punch operated from a keyboard, so that the operator could punch digits 0-9, ...

Jagdish Bhagwati is University Professor (Economics, Law, and International Affairs) at Columbia University and Director of the Raj Center on Indian Economic Policies. He was Senior Fellow for ...

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Lower River Division with a population of 72,167 is the least populated division in the Gambia. Until late 1960s when it became its own division, North Bank Division was part of Lower River Division.

The IBM 285 Tabulator Click each image to enlarge. IBM 285 with operator The IBM Type 285 Tabulator Photo: [4]. IBM 285 plugboard The IBM Type 285 Numeric Printing Tabulator, 1933, used in the Thomas ...

The HP-150 This early Intel 8088-based non-IBM compatible MS-DOS computer was produced by Hewlett Packard in 1983. Distinguishing features: It was the first computer to use a 3.5" rigid diskette.

Developed in the mid-1950s as part of IBM's Modular Accounting Calculator (MAC) program, the IBM 608 is a transistorized version of the 604 that "combines the newest advances in electronics to perform ...

The IBM Type 012 tabletop key punch (1925) was the first model capable of duplication; that is, automatically copying columns from one card to another. Left: What appears to be a Type 012 Electric ...

One of Columbia's Diablo printer about 1980 This was the device used for quality printing in the 1970s. It looks like a typewriter (and could be used as one), but in reality it was a powerful computer ...