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

    Jun 16, 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

    Jun 16, 2025 · By the second decade of the 19th century, a number of ideas necessary for the invention of the computer were in the air. First, the potential benefits to science and industry of …

  3. Computer - History, Technology, Innovation | Britannica

    Jun 16, 2025 · Computer - History, Technology, Innovation: A computer might be described with deceptive simplicity as “an apparatus that performs routine calculations automatically.”

  4. Computer science | Definition, Types, & Facts | Britannica

    6 days ago · Computer science is the study of computers and computing, including their theoretical and algorithmic foundations, hardware and software, and their uses for processing …

  5. computer - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

    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. …

  6. Personal computer (PC) | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica

    4 days ago · personal computer (PC), a digital computer designed for use by only one person at a time.

  7. Tightrope, a Daily Trivia Game | Britannica

    A daily trivia game with 9 interesting questions. If you get three wrong…you lose. Question categories include science, arts, history, animals and math.

  8. Software | Definition, Types, & Facts | Britannica

    Software comprises the entire set of programs, procedures, and routines associated with the operation of a computer system. The term was coined to differentiate these instructions from …

  9. Application software | Definition, Examples, & Facts | Britannica

    Jun 6, 2025 · Application software is distinguished from system software, which controls a computer’s internal functioning, chiefly through an operating system, and also controls such …

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

    3 days ago · 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 computer …