- Computer | Definition, History, Operating Systems, Facts | Britannica
A computer is a programmable device for processing, storing, and displaying information Learn more in this article about modern digital electronic computers and their design, constituent parts, and applications as well as about the history of computing
- What is a computer? | Britannica
A computer is a machine that can store and process information Most computers rely on a binary system, which uses two variables, 0 and 1, to complete tasks such as storing data, calculating algorithms, and displaying information
- Computer - History, Technology, Innovation | Britannica
It is not too great a stretch to say that, in the Jacquard loom, programming was invented before the computer The close relationship between the device and the program became apparent some 20 years later, with Charles Babbage’s invention of the first computer
- Computer - Technology, Invention, History | Britannica
Computer - Technology, Invention, History: By the second decade of the 19th century, a number of ideas necessary for the invention of the computer were in the air
- computer summary | Britannica
Computer, device for processing, storing, and displaying information Computer once meant a person who did computations, but now the term almost universally refers to automated electronic machinery
- Personal computer (PC) | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica
personal computer (PC), a digital computer designed for use by only one person at a time
- Computer - Time-sharing, Minicomputers, Multitasking | Britannica
It was built by Fernando Corbato and Robert Jano at MIT, and it connected an IBM 709 computer with three users typing away at IBM Flexowriters This was only a prototype for a more elaborate time-sharing system that Corbato was working on, called Compatible Time-Sharing System, or CTSS
- Computer - Home Use, Microprocessors, Software | Britannica
Computer - Home Use, Microprocessors, Software: Before 1970, computers were big machines requiring thousands of separate transistors They were operated by specialized technicians, who often dressed in white lab coats and were commonly referred to as a computer priesthood
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