Meet the first electronic digital computer Seventy years ago, the secrecy surrounding Eniac finally ended. The breakthrough creation that marked the birth of an era of digital computing was ...

Even though Eniac was in operation for just a decade, it would forever remain the world’s first computer. The digital age was just around the corner during World War II.

In February 1946, J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly were about to unveil, for the first time, an electronic computer to the world. Their ENIAC, or Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer ...

But that title should arguably be held by the British special-purpose computer Colossus (1943), used during the Second World War in the secret code-breaking centre at Bletchley Park.

Google has posted a look back at Colossus, the world’s first programmable electronic computer.

News.com has a package commemorating the 60th anniversary of ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), the first electronic computer that could handle large scale calculations.

In 1946, one of the world’s first electronic computers was unveiled in the USA.

ENIAC stands for the “Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer” and was conceived of during World War II to help calculate the arched paths of artillery bullets.

The movie, produced with support from Google as part of its ongoing computing heritage series, tells the story of WEIZAC (Weizmann Automatic Computer), the first computer in Israel, the first digital ...

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