Oct 17, 2025 · 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 …

Oct 20, 2025 · 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, …

Oct 17, 2025 · By the second decade of the 19th century, a number of ideas necessary for the invention of the computer were in the air. First, the potential benefits to science and industry of being able to …

As the head of the government of the United States, the president is arguably the most powerful government official in the world. The president is elected to a four-year term via an electoral college …

Aug 26, 2025 · John Mauchly (born August 30, 1907, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.—died January 8, 1980, Ambler, Pennsylvania) was an American physicist and engineer, co-inventor in 1946, with John P. …

Oct 17, 2025 · The history of the solving of these problems is the history of the computer. That history is covered in this section, and links are provided to entries on many of the individuals and companies …

Nov 20, 1985 · Windows 3.0 allowed users to use more than 1 MB (megabyte) of RAM (random access memory; short-term memory used by a computer to multitask). In fact, the version let programs use …

Sep 16, 2025 · Dorothy Vaughan was a computer programmer who made important contributions to the U.S. space program. She was relatively unknown until 2016, when a book by Margot Lee Shetterly— …

Iowa State mathematician and physicist John Atanasoff designed the first electronic digital computer. It would use binary numbers (base 2, in which all numbers are expressed with the digits 0 and 1), and …

AI is the ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings.