- 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
- Tightrope, a Daily Trivia Game | Britannica
A daily trivia game with 9 interesting questions If you get three wrong…you lose Question categories include science, arts, history, animals and math
- Computer - History, Technology, Innovation | Britannica
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 mentioned
- List of Windows versions | Operating System, Evolution, Facts . . .
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 up to 16 MB, more than had ever been allowed on prior OS versions
- 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
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Explore the fact-checked online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of objective articles, biographies, videos, and images from experts
- Ada Lovelace | Biography, Computer, Facts | Britannica
Ada Lovelace is considered the first computer programmer Even though she wrote about a computer, the Analytical Engine, that was never built, she realized that the computer could follow a series of simple instructions, a program, to perform a complex calculation
- 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
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