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  1. Charles Babbage | Biography, Computers, Inventions, & Facts - Britannica

    Dec 22, 2025 · Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor who is credited with having conceived the first automatic digital computer. He designed two calculating devices, the Difference …

  2. Octordle Daily - Encyclopedia Britannica

    Rescue Game The not-so-helpful computer has chosen starter words for you. Can you rescue the game and win? daily game practice

  3. Computer | Definition, History, Operating Systems, & Facts | Britannica

    Feb 6, 2026 · A computer is a programmable device for processing, storing, and displaying information. Learn more in this article about modern digital electronic computers and their design, constituent …

  4. Encyclopedia Britannica | Britannica

    Explore the fact-checked online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of objective articles, biographies, videos, and images from experts.

  5. Computer - History, Technology, Innovation | Britannica

    Feb 6, 2026 · It is not too great a stretch to say that, in the Jacquard loom, programming was invented before the computer. The close relationship between the device and the program became apparent …

  6. 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.

  7. Internet | Description, History, Uses, & Facts | Britannica

    Feb 12, 2026 · The Internet is a system architecture that has revolutionized communications and methods of commerce by allowing various computer networks around the world to interconnect.

  8. Alan Turing | Biography, Facts, Computer, Machine, Education, & Death ...

    Jan 2, 2026 · In 1945, the war over, Turing was recruited to the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in London to create an electronic computer. His design for the Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) was …

  9. Information system | Definition, Examples, & Facts | Britannica

    Jan 2, 2026 · The main components of information systems are computer hardware and software, telecommunications, databases and data warehouses, human resources, and procedures.

  10. Katherine Johnson | Biography, Education, Accomplishments, & Facts ...

    3 days ago · Though she began her career working on the Handbook of Mathematical Functions, part of a New Deal-era program that offered jobs to mathematicians, she quickly became a pioneer in the …