The computer ENIAC with two operators. ENIAC is the world's first electronic computer. As a stand-alone device, it didn't support networking, although it facilitated a network of humans who used it ...

There are two epochs in computer history: Before ENIAC and After ENIAC. The first practical, all-electronic computer was unveiled on Feb. 14, 1946, at the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of ...

A look back at the room-size government computer that began the digital era Steven Levy Philadelphia schoolchildren are drilled on the names of its accomplished citizens. William Penn. Benjamin ...

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The question of who invented the first computer and when was the computer invented has a complex answer that spans centuries of innovation. Many people assume a single inventor and a specific date, ...

The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), revealed to the public in 1946, was the world’s first general-purpose electronic computer. Built in secret by the US Army during World War II, ...

Dr Huskey helped complete the computer that Alan Turing designed Engineer Harry Huskey, who helped build many of the first ever computers, has died aged 101. Dr Huskey was a key member of the team ...

Dr Jochen Viehoff and Johannes Blobel tried to make it easier to programme the Eniac An exhibit that demonstrates what it was like to programme one of the first computers has won the Tony Sale award, ...

Happy Pi Day! No, that doesn't mean it's time to stuff your face with pastry-based foodstuffs, what it actually refers to is a celebration of the Greek letter of Pi - the symbol that represents the ...