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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Nov 21, 2014 · The Napoleonic Wars had been raging since 1799 but by 1814, the French troops were in full retreat. The armies of the Coalition (Austria, Russia, Spain and United Kingdom) …

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 …

Mar 19, 2023 · Speaking on its 60th anniversary, Melvin reveals how a stage musical helped to change perceptions of WWI On 19 March 1963, a musical opened at the Theatre Royal …