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Tech HistoryHow-To August 14, 2026 3 min read

How to Trace a Technology's Lineage Through Patents and Standards Documents

A complete walkthrough using patent filings and formal standards documents as primary sources for tracing who actually built what first — the same kind of evidence that settled the ENIAC/ABC dispute in court.

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Tech HistoryFix July 28, 2026 2 min read

Correcting the Record: ENIAC Wasn't Legally the 'First' Computer

ENIAC is the name most people learn as the first electronic computer. A 1973 federal court ruling says otherwise — and it turned on evidence most retellings of this story leave out entirely.

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