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  1. Computer | Definition, History, Operating Systems, & Facts

    Sep 24, 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 …

  2. Computer - Technology, Invention, History | Britannica

    Sep 24, 2025 · 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.

  3. What is a computer? - Britannica

    Aug 25, 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 …

  4. John Mauchly | Biography, Computer, & Facts | Britannica

    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, …

  5. Computer - History, Technology, Innovation | Britannica

    Sep 24, 2025 · Computer - History, Technology, Innovation: A computer might be described with deceptive simplicity as “an apparatus that performs routine calculations automatically.”

  6. Ada Lovelace | Biography, Computer, & Facts | Britannica

    Sep 13, 2025 · 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 …

  7. list of notable computer viruses and malware - Encyclopedia …

    Malware (a portmanteau of the terms malicious and software) consists of computer viruses, spyware, computer worms, and other software capable of stealing devices’ data or running …

  8. List of programming languages | SQL, C, Java, Python, Go, & Facts ...

    For a computer to complete tasks, software developers use programming languages to communicate with the device. Here is a list of popular programming languages.

  9. ENIAC | History, Computer, Stands For, Machine, & Facts | Britannica

    Aug 21, 2025 · ENIAC, the first programmable general-purpose electronic digital computer, built during World War II by the United States and completed in 1946. The project was led by John …

  10. Fei-Fei Li | Biography, Artificial Intelligence, ImageNet, & Awards ...

    Fei-Fei Li (born July 3, 1976, Beijing, China) is a Chinese American computer scientist widely known as the “Godmother of AI” for her groundbreaking work in computer vision, which serves …