And although the mathematical demonstration the ENIAC ran at its very first public demonstration was programmed and put on the machine by these women, they were not part of the demonstration. They were not made public in any of the press releases afterward. And in some historical images, US Army Historical images, they are captioned as being models or cropped out of the images entirely." 

 

1)  What surprised you or was new to you?

 

2)  What struck you as important?

 

3) What connections can you make with other resources for this unit or in the course as a whole?

 

 

2) "In sum, all the key technological developments that led to the Internet were built around government institutions, major universities, and research centers. The Internet did not originate in the business world. It was too daring a technology, too expensive a project, and too risky an initiative to be assumed by profit-oriented organizations." 

 

1)  What surprised you or was new to you?

 

2)  What struck you as important?

 

3) What connections can you make with other resources for this unit or in the course as a whole?