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Ancient ‘First Computer’: 2,000-Year-Old Antikythera Mechanism Revealed as Celestial Marvel

The Antikythera mechanism, often heralded as “the first computer,” has continued to baffle scientists since its discovery in a Greek shipwreck in 1901. This intricate 2,000-year-old device was ...
Liberty Project

Back When We Called It “The” Computer, Not “A” Computer

A nostalgic look back at the era of the shared family computer, when logging on was intentional, time online was limited, and ...
Business Insider

A picture of an old computer is making millennials nostalgic for a time when the internet felt like a luxury

An image of a retro computer desktop went viral, sparking nostalgia among millennials. A viral user lamented how the internet had since become "a terror that extends ...
Gizmodo

Project 2000 – Apple Computer (1988)

In 1987 Apple Computer held a competition called Project 2000. Apple asked student research teams to submit papers detailing what the computing technology of the year 2000 would look like. In early ...
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2,000-year-old machine found in China tomb could be binary computer

The computer, at its core, is an input-output device: it receives instructions, executes programmes, performs calculations automatically and produces results.By this fundamental definition, China's ...