Apr 9, 2014 · The first computer The Difference Engine was the first automatic, mechanical calculator designed by British mathematician Charles Babbage, who proposed its construction in 1822 to the …

Oct 13, 2015 · That the world’s first computer programmer was a Victorian woman is remarkable in itself, but that she was the daughter of one of literature’s most well-known poets adds such colour to the …

5th April 2019 By Jonathan Gordon Who Was Ada Lovelace? Both a pioneer of the Computer Age and the daughter of Lord Byron, the world’s first computer programmer was a complex character …

Feb 6, 2014 · Yesterday saw the 70th anniversary of the world's first electronic computer, the Colossus C, which was used to decipher codes during the Second World War at Bletchley Park.

Feb 7, 2014 · The Colossus, as we reported yesterday, was the world’s first electronic, digital computer, used in the Second World War for deciphering codes between Hitler and his generals and is …

Apr 30, 2024 · The thing that made this bad news – being told by the communications security people listened to for the first time – was that broken Enigma messages revealed that the Germans were …

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Jul 17, 2019 · Computer engineer Jack Garman reflects on his time at NASA, his work on the computer systems of Apollo 11 and what it was like to help put people on the moon Subscribe to All About …

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Apr 21, 2014 · Used by the German secret services, Enigma was an electro-mechanical machine that relied on a series of rotating wheels to scramble messages into a chaotic ciphertext. It was capable …