Compiling History’s Code

Many of those small icons on your phone which open basic or advanced apps used to occupy a physical drive in a computer. These drives held some of the most advanced software in the world at the time, such as The Oregon Trail, a text-based video game. How did we get from that game to fully animated, life-like movies? Explore this in the Compiling History’s Code exhibit where you will learn about the evolution of digital software.