The History of the ColecoVision Video Game Console Updated: August 4, 2023 by David Beren | Leave a Comment Key Facts The year is 1982 and Atari’s 2600 video game console is selling well and has opened the door for […] TaggedVideo Games
The 10 Largest Server Companies by Server Market Share Updated: February 6, 2024 by Jason Collins | Leave a Comment Servers are massive, powerful computers specifically designed by the largest server companies. They store, process, and manage network data, devices, […] TaggedCompaniesComputingDataLargestNetworkingServers
Karel Capek and the Robot (Complete History) Updated: July 25, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment The creators of robot word, Karel Čapek (left), and his brother Josef Čapek (right) Karel Capek The robot word was conceived in […]
The Largest Consumer Electronics Companies In The World, And What They Do Updated: April 16, 2024 by Alexandra Frost | Leave a Comment Do you love your tech? Chances are, if you’re reading this, the answer is yes! There’s nothing like owning […]
Microsoft Windows Guide: History, Origin, and More Updated: July 21, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment 5 Facts About Microsoft Windows What Is Microsoft Windows?: Explained On November 10, 1983, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, […]
Bluetooth vs. Infrared: What’s the Difference? Updated: August 3, 2023 by Luxia Le | Leave a Comment Bluetooth vs. Infrared: 5 Must-Know Facts With more companies forgoing analog inputs where they can, wireless technology has never been more […] TaggedBluetoothVS
The Largest Cloud Services Companies in the World, and What They Do Updated: April 16, 2024 by Elizabeth Milne | Leave a Comment Up Next… Interested in more articles on computing? Click on the links below: Cloud computing technology has completely changed the game when […] TaggedComputing
These Marine Corps Badges No Longer Exist Published: June 25, 2024 by Liam Frady Some Marine Corps badges end up obsolete and lost to time. With organizations and services as long-running as the United […]
The Complete History of the ThinkPad: Launch, Models, Pricing, and More Updated: November 13, 2023 by Tyler Von Harz | Leave a Comment There is perhaps no other laptop with as fascinating a history as the ThinkPad. Since the first models were […] TaggedLaptopsProduct Review
Ivan Sutherland – Complete Biography, History, and Inventions Updated: April 16, 2024 by Hannah Ward | Leave a Comment Ivan Sutherland is an American engineer and scientist who invented various new types of technology, including the Sketchpad, the […]
Karel Čapek – Complete Biography, History, and Inventions Updated: July 31, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment : Who was Karel Čapek? Karel Čapek was a critic, playwright, and novelist who wrote science fiction before it was officially a […]
Kenbak-1 Explained – Everything You Need To Know Updated: July 31, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment 5 Facts About Kenbak-1 Kenbak-1 History Kenbak-1 is famously regarded as the first stored-program personal computer created. Created by John V. Blankenbaker […]
The History of the Modern CPU Updated: October 13, 2023 by David Beren | Leave a Comment : The modern CPU or Central Processing Unit is basically the “brain” of a computer. It is responsible for processing […]
The Marine Corps “Rule of 3” and How It Works Published: June 23, 2024 by Liam Frady The Marine Corps’ entire structure is built around the Rule of 3. This rule has a superb purpose, giving further […]
The 10 Oldest Bibles Known to Man Updated: November 16, 2023 by Liam Frady | Leave a Comment What is the oldest Bible in the world? You might think of some dusty old tome secreted away in a […] TaggedOldest
15 Profound Quotes from Military Leader Sun Tzu Published: June 23, 2024 by David Beren Few names in military theology are more respected than Sun Tzu. Sun Tzu is famous as the author of “Art […]
Johann Reichold Updated: July 26, 2023 by Heather | Leave a Comment : The arithmetic machine of Johann Reichold The article was written with the expert help ofMr. Stephan Weiss,www.mechrech.info Until now, the information […]
Centigraph Adding Machine Explained – Everything You Need To Know Updated: July 24, 2023 by Lisha Pace | Leave a Comment : Humans are innovators. We’re always looking for a smarter, faster, more efficient way to do things. And if we […]
The 100 Most Famous People in History Based on Irrefutable Data Updated: November 12, 2023 by Nate Williams | 5 Comments on The 100 Most Famous People in History Based on Irrefutable Data Looking back at the entire history of the world is hardly an easy feat. How could a person possibly round […] TaggedPeople
Fawcett Plumb Updated: April 16, 2024 by History Computer Staff | Leave a Comment Fawcett Plumb On 17 June 1881, Fawcett Plumb (1834-1919), a businessman, politician, and prolific inventor from Streator, Illinois, (see the […]
South-Pointing Chariot Explained – Everything You Need To Know Updated: July 24, 2023 by Lisha Pace | Leave a Comment : While many of our most essential and frequently used devices were invented in the past couple of centuries and […]
Johann Helfrich von Muller – Biography, History and Inventions Updated: July 31, 2023 by Dana Mayor | Leave a Comment Johann Helfrich von Muller Johann Helfrich von Müller was born in Cleve (a town in the northwest of North Rhine-Westphalia […]
Friedrich von Knaus – Biography, History and Inventions Updated: July 25, 2023 by Lisha Pace | Leave a Comment : Friedrich von Knauss Friedrich von Knaus(s) (1724-1789), was a German watchmaker, mechanician and inventor, who built clockwork mechanisms which could, […]
Winter and Crary — Complete Biography, History, and Inventions Updated: July 25, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment During the age of invention, some ideas were simply too big and too great to be contained by one […]
Jabez Burns – Biography, History and Inventions Updated: April 20, 2024 by Lex Basu | Leave a Comment Jabez Burns Early Life Jabez Burns was born in London on 12 February, 1826, as second child in the family of […]
James Alvan Macauley – Complete Biography, History, and Inventions Updated: December 6, 2022 by Lisha Pace | Leave a Comment Who was James Alvan Macualey? Wheeling, West Virginia, was the place of James Alvan Macauley’s birth on June 19, 1872. James […]
Newman Marshman – Complete Biography, History and Inventions Updated: July 31, 2023 by Dana Mayor | Leave a Comment Who Was Newman Marshman? Newman Marshman was the inventor of the modern typewriter. As an African-American inventor, Marshman’s achievement is […]
Winter’s Keyboard Adder — Everything You Need to Know Updated: July 21, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment 3 Facts about Winter’s Keyboard Adder Winter’s Keyboard Adder History On April 12, 1859 Caroline Winter presented her Keyboard, which was […]
George Dudley Updated: July 24, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment George Dudley was an American inventor who was known for inventing adding and printing machines. These revolutionary machines […]
Horace Hicks – Biography, History and Inventions Updated: April 16, 2024 by History Computer Staff | Leave a Comment Horace Hicks On 6 November 1894, Horace David Hicks, an employee of Brown’s Lumber Company, Whitefield, New Hampshire, USA, got […]
David Roth Updated: July 27, 2023 by Heather | Leave a Comment : The Machines of David Roth The pin-wheel mechanism, known from the sketch of Leibniz and machines of Poleni (1709) […]
Marshall Cram Updated: July 24, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment In the 1800s, machines called single adders were used. Marshall Cram made one such machine, although it could only […]
Discover the 10 Oldest Movies Ever Made Updated: October 12, 2023 by Nate Williams | Leave a Comment What’s the oldest movie you’ve ever seen? The Wizard of Oz or Gone with the Wind from 1939? Maybe […] TaggedMovies
Wilhelm Ostwald – Complete Biography, History and Inventions Updated: April 16, 2024 by History Computer Staff | Leave a Comment Who Was Wilhelm Ostwald? Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald, known throughout his life as Wilhelm Ostwald, was born on September 2nd, 1853. […]
Fortran Programming Language: History, Origin, and More Updated: July 31, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment 4 Facts About Fortran What is Fortran: Explained Fortran refers to a general-purpose computer programming language ideal for scientific computing and numeric […]
Charles Peirce and Allan Marquand – first electrical logical machine Updated: July 28, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment : Charles Peirce and Allan Marquand Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914) was a famous American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist. Peirce was […]
Printed Circuit Board Explained — Everything You Need To Know Updated: July 28, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment Four Facts about the Printed Circuit Board Printed Circuit Board History After Gustav Tauschek, another Viennese engineer and inventor, Paul […]
Tobias Lutke: Net Worth, Biography, Family, and More Updated: August 11, 2023 by Nate Williams | Leave a Comment : While not as famous as Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos, Tobias Lutke is nevertheless a significant and […]
Harry Humfrey Rumble Updated: July 25, 2023 by Heather | Leave a Comment : Harry Humfrey Rumble On 15 September, 1890, the young architect and civil engineer Harry Humfrey Rumble (1866-1948), from Westgate-on-Sea, […]
Borland and Hoffmann Adding Machine Updated: July 24, 2023 by Heather | Leave a Comment According to their patent, Borland and Hoffmann designed their adding machine to allow users to “add a column […]
Burridge and Marshman & the Typewriter: Complete History Updated: July 24, 2023 by Lisha Pace | Leave a Comment : Burridge and Marshman were initially known simply as typewriter inventors. However, together they invented an adding machine, adding and […]
Pehr-Georg and Edvard Scheutz’s Difference Engine Explained — Everything You Need To Know Updated: July 24, 2023 by Lisha Pace | Leave a Comment : Charles Babbage is widely recognized for inventing the first mechanical computer, the Difference Engine, in 1821. However, he never […]
John Ballou Newbrough – Complete Biography, History, and Inventions Updated: July 31, 2023 by Dana Mayor | Leave a Comment Who Was John Ballou Newbrough? John Ballou Newbrough is a 33rd degree Mason, vegetarian, and an avid student of the […]
Henri Maillardet – Biography, History and Inventions Updated: April 16, 2024 by History Computer Staff | Leave a Comment Henri Maillardet Around 1800, the Swiss mechanic and clockmaker Henri Maillardet (1745-1830), who worked then in London, created an extraordinary […]
Leonardo Torres’s Calculating Machine Explained: Everything You Need to Know Updated: July 22, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment Invented by Leonardo Torres in 1920, the Torres calculating machine is a machine which solves essential addition, subtraction, multiplication, […]
François Willème and the Photosculpture (Complete History) Updated: July 26, 2023 by Dana Mayor | Leave a Comment François Willème Naturally, the first technology for producing kind of 3D models by mechanical means, which might be considered to […]
Who Was Jacob Leupold? Biography, History, and Inventions Updated: July 31, 2023 by Dana Mayor | Leave a Comment Some people learn to develop skills as an inventor, a scientist, a mathematician, or a mechanical engineer over years […]
Melvin Lovell – Complete Biography, History, and Inventions Updated: July 25, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment Who Was Melvin Lovell? Born in Pennsylvania in August 1844, Melvin Lovell was a successful businessman and woodenware manufacturer who […]
Ferdinand Hebentanz Updated: April 16, 2024 by History Computer Staff | Leave a Comment History of Computers and Computing, Calculating tools, Gadgets, Ferdinand Hebentanz Ferdinand Hebentanz On 23 April 1873, Ferdinand Hebentanz, a watchmaker from […]
Jehu Hatfield – Complete Biography, History, and Inventions Updated: July 24, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment : Jehu Hatfield was an inventor during the 19th century. While he was working with spittoons, pottery, and Lucifer matches, […]