Why engineers in Philadelphia created ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer

The invention of ENIAC in Philadelphia sparked countless technological innovations.

World's first electronic computer born at University of Pennsylvania

It's a piece of Philadelphia history that powered the future. The world's first electronic computer was born at the ...
New Atlas

British spy agency releases previously secret images of Colossus computer

Britain's hush hush Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) intelligence and security organization has released new images never before made public of Colossus, the world's first digital ...
Computerworld

The Eckert Tapes: Computer Pioneer Says ENIAC Team Couldn’t Afford to Fail — and Didn’t

There are two epochs in computer history: before ENIAC and after ENIAC. While there are controversies about who invented what, there’s universal agreement that the Electronic Numerical Integrator and ...
Hosted on MSN

Computer History — Personal Computers, Computing and Internet!

The first electronic computer was built during the 1940s by John Vincent Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa State University, and one of his students, Clifford E. Berry. But the ...