This portion of the History of Computing web site is designed for students and others with a non-professional interest in the history of computing.  Material suitable for a general audience, such as programming language and software engineering timelines and references to other sites on the web, are availiable here.

A very good site for general computer history, visit http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history

Computing History Museum at American University, http://www.computinghistorymuseum.org

For a list of computer languages with brief descriptions of each, visit http://www.engin.umd.umich.edu/CIS/course.des/cis400

An overview of the history of computing, with a discussion database, is
http://cuiwww.unige.ch/langlist

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http://www.computerhistory.org