- 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 - 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
- Operating system (OS) | Definition, Examples, Concepts | Britannica
Operating system, program that manages a computer’s resources, especially the allocation of those resources among other programs
- Alan Turing - Computer Designer, Codebreaker, Enigma | Britannica
In 1945, the war over, Turing was recruited to the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in London to create an electronic computer His design for the Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) was the first complete specification of an electronic stored-program all-purpose digital computer
- Computer network | Definition Types | Britannica
A computer network consists of two or more computers that are connected to each other to communicate data electronically Two basic network types are local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs)
- Open source | Definition, Hacker Culture Linux | Britannica
The roots of open source go back to computer science practices in the 1960s in academia and early computer user groups Computer programmers frequently and informally shared code that they had written (“hacked”), quickly recycling and freely modifying code that solved common technical problems
- Mainframe | Definition Facts | Britannica
Mainframe, digital computer designed for high-speed data processing with heavy use of input output units such as large-capacity disks and printers Mainframes have been used for such applications as payroll computations, accounting, business transactions, information retrieval, airline seat
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