Dec 10, 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 …

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 …

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

Nov 21, 2025 · Computer security has become increasingly important since the late 1960s, when modems (devices that allow computers to communicate over telephone lines) were introduced.

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 …

Dec 11, 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 …

Dec 10, 2025 · The mill was the calculating unit, analogous to the central processing unit (CPU) in a modern computer; the store was where data were held prior to processing, exactly …

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. …

Dec 12, 2025 · 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 …

Nov 11, 2025 · Computer architecture, structure of a digital computer, encompassing the design and layout of its instruction set and storage registers. The architecture of a computer is chosen …