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The Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) is a major professional society for the digital humanities. We support and disseminate research and cultivate a vibrant professional community through conferences, publications, and outreach activities. ACH is based in the US, but boasts an international membership (as of May 2012, representing 21 countries worldwide).

Computers figure so heavily in our daily lives that it is difficult to understand why early computer experts did not foresee much demand for these specialized machines. For example, in the 1940s, the chairman of IBM thought a total of five machines could be sold worldwide. Since then, a succession of breakthroughs has created a new economic sector: Information Technologies (IT) - the ever growing variety of ways in which we are able to gather, store, analyze, share, and display information.

A minicomputer (colloquially, mini) is a class of multi-user computers that lies in the middle range of the computing spectrum, in between the largest multi-user systems (mainframe computers) and the smallest single-user systems (microcomputers or personal computers). The class at one time formed a distinct group with its own hardware and operating systems, but the contemporary term for this class of system is midrange computer, such as the higher-end SPARC, POWER and Itanium -based systems from Sun Microsystems, IBM and Hewlett-Packard.

It’s a story with endless numbers of personalities, mind-boggling inventions and the giants that we know as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Microsoft and Apple. From the early days of finding common programming languages to the series of booms, busts and consolidations along the way – the maturation of enterprise software has hands down revolutionized the way we do business.

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The "Chips" That Started it All Micro-Chip All microcomputers use a processor called a mirco-chip. This is typically a small square sliver of silicon (glass) with pathways etched on it via a chemical process. These pathways can be transistors or simply "wires" that connect the transistors. If you can pack enough of these transistors on the silicon "die" then those transistors can become a processing unit, memory, and a calculator. The entire thing is called an "integrated circuit."

The microcomputer revolution changed our lives…the way we live, work and almost everything we do. Has it made our lives better? Well, yes and no -- it depends on how you measure the effect and what “better” really means to you. If better is a simpler life, then we would be better off without microcomputers; but then we would not have the thousands of gadgets we like/love: cellphones; I-pods; websites with blogs and e-commerce; modern medicine; automatic kitchen appliances; GPS navigation devices in our cars… and the list just goeson and on… it is endless.

Four basic periods The Pre-Mechanical age 3,000 BC to 1450 AD The Mechanical Age 1450-1840 The Electromechanical Age 1840-1940 The Electronic Age 1940-Present

In 1965, immigration laws in USA were modified and the restrictions on immigrants were reduced considerably. As a result a lot of Indian professionals migrated for research opportunities in USA. The IT revolution in USA and the much fancied Silicon Valley in the US during the 80s and 90s could not have been possible without the work of these migrated Indians. What this migration did for the Indian IT industry was creating innumerable opportunities in the USA in the IT sector. Due to the fast growing IT sector in USA, there was a need for IT professionals outside USA. India had a huge number of educated people and the education in India being in English, there was a large population of English speaking technically strong people in India. Hence outsourcing of work started gaining momentum and this led to the huge boom in the IT sector in India, whose most of the work is exporting software and software services to the US and other overseas clients.

ITPA is the volunteer organization created by and for the independent telecommunications industry.Dedicated to community service, ITPA has been serving the public on behalf of telecommunications companies for over 88 years. ITPA represents over 9,000 telecommunications employees and retirees nationwide. Today Pioneers continue to open exciting new lines of communication and community service throughout the United States.