John Vincent Atanasoff, an influential American physicist and inventor, is best known for his pioneering role in developing the first electronic computer, the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC). Born ...

Introduced to the public in February 1946 as “the world’s first electronic computer,” the ENIAC was used by the military to calculate the feasibility of a proposed design for a hydrogen bomb.

One of the most dramatic cases of this is Colossus, which is arguably the first digital electronic computer ever made and formed a pivotal role in defeating Germany during the Second World War.

Seventeen years ago, when two University of Pennsylvania professors developed the first electronic computer, International Business Machines sniffed that it had no commercial future. But in the ...

Fifty years ago, the ground-breaking model inspired Bill Gates, Paul Wozniak and Steve Jobs to create Microsoft and Apple ...