A large team of tech nostalgia enthusiasts have made a PiDP-10, a replica of the PDP-10 mainframe computer first launched by the Digital Equipment Corporation in 1966 On my desk right now, sitting ...
The Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator, or EDSAC, marked the birth of everyday computing and its role has been ...
Ada Lovelace Day celebrates the success of the world’s first computer programmer. But did you know that the UK’s leading software pioneers were also women? Their story is inspiring for young women ...
Joyce Wheeler was one of a select group of scientists who used Edsac in their research Everyone remembers the first computer they ever used. And Joyce Wheeler is no exception. But in her case the ...
The first computer didn’t show up looking like anything we’d call a computer now. There was no screen, no keyboard, no mouse, ...
What came first, the chicken or the egg? The computer or the computer program? If you happen to do anything other than sleep in a cave today, chances are you have Ada Lovelace to thank for it. She is ...
Years before software programmers sat poised over their keyboards in sleek, expansive tech offices, women built the foundations of modern computer programming— in less-than-glamorous conditions. For ...