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 …

Nov 21, 2025 · Operating system, program that manages a computer’s resources, especially the allocation of those resources among other programs.

4 days ago · It is not too great a stretch to say that, in the Jacquard loom, programming was invented before the computer. The close relationship between the device and the program became apparent …

Nov 21, 2025 · Information system, an integrated set of components for collecting, storing, and processing data and for providing information and digital products. Many major companies are built …

1 day ago · Artificial intelligence is the ability of a computer or computer-controlled robot to perform tasks that are commonly associated with the intellectual processes characteristic of humans, such as the …

Nov 14, 2025 · Microsoft Windows is a computer operating system (OS) developed by Microsoft Corporation to run personal computers (PCs). Featuring the first graphical user interface for IBM …

Computer software is divided into two basic types—the operating system and application software. The operating system controls how the different parts of hardware work together. Application software …

Dec 5, 2025 · A number of significant developments in various fields have occurred during the 20th century: the digital computer, improvements in data-storage technology and software to write …

In 1969 a team led by computer scientists Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie created the first version of UNIX on a PDP-7 minicomputer, which was chosen mainly because of Thompson’s familiarity with …

Nov 29, 2025 · One important factor was the introduction of the personal computer and the workstation in the early 1980s—a development that in turn was fueled by unprecedented progress in integrated …