Articles on computer evolution

Summary of the theory of computer evolution

A concise statement of the scientific facts that prove the theory of computer evolution.

Spontaneous generation

Examples of computer evolution

Spontaneous evolution of hardware from non-computing elements by natural chance processes.
Spontaneous evolution of software from hardware by natural chance processes.
Power supply evolution showing evolutionary similarities between computer power connections.

Computer evolutionary tree

What is the true evolutionary history of computers? What happened over the millions and billions of CPU cycles while computers evolved?

Frequently asked questions

People always have the same questions about computer evolution. Here are those questions with their answers.
You will probably wonder what all those technical words mean. Words like "Computer" are frequently misused, and stripped of their scientific computer-evolutionary context. This glossary sets the record straight.
Uninformed people worry about the missing links in computer evolution. One day we hope to find them but here you can read why we still believe in computer evolution, even without the missing links.

Computer evolution at work

An example of computer mutation changing the famous Hello World program into something more exciting.

What are people saying about computer evolution?

These pages were inspired by a little exchange on the Gauteng Linux User's Group on the subject of computer evolution.

This site contains some of the latest and most up to date discussion on the scientific theory of computer evolution. Although the theory of computer evolution is a relative newcomer to the academic scene, you can be confident that the similarities between computer evolution and biological evolution will motivate its rapid adoption by true scientists everywhere.