The first low-cost home computer was launched by Sinclair Research on 1981. This innovation made way for computers to not ...

It was the first computer to have a microprogrammed control unit and a bit slice hardware architecture. A unit can be seen at the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge. Here, an IBM storage ...

Computer-assisted study of folklore and literature was initiated shortly after World ... but the programming problems were insurmountable and no "integrated" bibliography was ever produced. The ...

Bill Gates and Paul Allen form Traf-O-Data in 1971 to sell their computer traffic-analysis systems. 1972: Gary Kildall writes PL/M, the first high-level programming language for the Intel ...

Babbage's next idea is the Analytical Engine - a mechanical computer that can solve any mathematical problem. It uses punch-cards similar to those used by the Jacquard loom and can perform simple ...

By partnering with Margot Lee Shetterly and the Human Computer Project, the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum is ...