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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 | 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
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
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
Computer programming language | Definition, Examples, Popularity . . . A computer programming language is any of various languages for expressing a set of detailed instructions for a computer The earliest programming languages were assembly languages, not far removed from instructions directly executed by hardware
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 - Time-sharing, Minicomputers, Multitasking | Britannica Computer - Time-sharing, Minicomputers, Multitasking: In 1959 Christopher Strachey in the United Kingdom and John McCarthy in the United States independently described something they called time-sharing
Computer - Miniaturization, Transistors, Chips | Britannica Computer chips themselves are designed with CAD programs that let an engineer write a specification for part of a chip, simulate its behavior in detail, test it thoroughly, and then generate the layouts for the photolithographic process that puts the circuit on the silicon