The History of Computers, Programming, and Coding

The history of computers dates back to the textile industry. Babbage theorized it, Lovelace appended it, Hollerith counted it, Zuse built upon it, Aiken added his spin, and then Gates and Jobs sold it. Take a journey from the 1800s through today as we watch computers evolve.

Current coding languages and trends are also covered. We didn't have time to cover everything, so if you notice something that's important to the history of computers, feel free to mention it in the comments. Feel free to share or display this in any educational setting. But please don't copy it to your own YouTube channel without permission. Thanks!

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CHAPTERS
0:00 The story of coding and computers
06:10 Binary code is the basis of all computer systems
12:02 Tabulating machines paved the way for modern computers
17:43 The first successful high-level programming language
23:10 The evolution of technology
28:31 What's Coding?
34:07 Popular Languages

[Bio-D]

Holy smokes, kid! This is more like a THESIS! Congratulations on producing what's probably the single most interesting, comprehensive, and compelling description on how we got to where we are in computers. Wow. No one mentions Germany's Zuse. The war is over people. History is history. Thank you.

[egidijusgagela]

Am I the only one that's here for fun? (yes, i have boring life but i like it). And this should get more recognition.

[franksmith]

I turn 49 today. You inspire me. I am taking IT class this month. Thank you!

[delafinn]

The fact a Magnetic film storage computer in 1952 predicted eisenhower winning is actually jaw dropping.
I am curious what data they collected for the prediction
and what algorithm was used.
Great Video!

[Seeattle]

I’m not exaggerating when I say this is the number one comprehensive explanation from the ground up on how computers work that I have wanted for years

[EVERYTHINGLIFE]

Being someone from a non technical background this was really helpful. You did an amazing job on this one. We would really appreciate a part 2.

[erwinschrodinger]

Hello world from India,

I want to thanks a million to the Guys who spent time for creating such comprehensive historical timeline of the Computing Age. Thanks a lot voice over artist, Chuck Fresh.

I have started a Computer science Bootcamp class in our local nearby with 25 students and a vision to spread the education and awareness for the coding, programming, computer science and the digital and tech awareness.

I used this video to introduce the kids to the History of amazing world we have today in our hands, and got a wonderful feedback.

Thanks again to everyone involved in making this video. For me this is a masterpiece....

[teresasperr]

Seriously, this is the kind of thing Discovery Channel should be showing! EXCELLENT work!

[Max_-dixj]

using this for my home school 1950-2020 computer time line (Crona...) Thanks litarly took 5 mins to finish!

[mugfish]

FINALLY I UNDERSTAND BINARY!

You sir are a saint.

[doggocapitano]

How does this video only have 40k viewerr?! It is marvelous 😂

[mrshawnbanks]

This is great. I'm going to show this to my middle school computer students. Thanks for posting! You should do more of these.

[parlough]

Programming is super important, but we cannot forget about the value of history! Always happy to see the combination of these, especially in such a fun way, thanks for sharing with us! I'll be passing it along as well!

[wendymasters]

this is crazy but I’m actually working on a school project and this is been a tremendous help. Thanks so much

[albertob.]

Teaching is your thing. Please make more videos.

[ota.forever]

Some of the best content I’ve ever seen on YouTube great presentation, very well done and fun learning. Best of wishes to future coders

[maxheadrom]

Ada Lovelace was the daughter of Lord Byron, btw. She also had the idea of using numbers to represent other things like colors, fruits, names ...

[squidwardstesticles]

The end portion of this video makes me feel good about my decision to go to school for computer science

[dmkumar]

This kind of documentary presentation would certainly ignite more interest towards learning coding and do it with passion.
I'm a guy with 20yrs of IT Infra exp. Used to stay away from coding and loved to manage data centers storage, networks, compute on prem and Cloud.
Now there is a paradigm shift from traditional way of managing stuff from Infrastructure as a code.
What if AI completely overtake humans in administering IT and everything is automated.
Change is the only constant in this World.
We are in work from anywhere era..due to Covid19.

[GiveThemWell]

LOVE LOVE LOVE this video! Great historical narrative. I could see this on the Discovery Channel.