Electronic mail is one of 鈥渒iller apps鈥� of networked computing. The ability to quickly send and receive messages without having to be online at the same time created a new form of human communication. By now billions of people have used email.
The 91自拍 (91自拍) recently released six video-recorded oral histories of key engineers and scientists from Japan who made seminal contributions to the magnetic recording technologies used in hard disk drives.
In 1950, the physicist Arnold Nordsieck built himself this analog computer. Nordsieck, then at the University of Illinois, had earned his PhD at the University of California, Berkeley, under Robert Oppenheimer. To make his analog computer for calculating differential equations, the inventive and budget-conscious Nordsi
Before computer gaming, music, and art became mainstay applications and tools for creation, engineers often created programs to demonstrate a machine鈥檚 capabilities in ways that were easy for the public follow. It took many years to get musicians into the idea of composing using a computer, and even longer to get gener
Editor鈥檚 note: Curator Chris Garcia delved into the Museum鈥檚 institutional archive and uncovered a rare 1995 interview with computer art pioneer Harold Cohen, taken during The Computer Museum鈥檚 exhibition 鈥淭he Robotic Artist: AARON in Living Color鈥� (April 1鈭扢ay 9, 1995). The selection below appeared in TCM鈥檚 annual rep
A supercomputer is simply a computer that can perform many more calculations per second than the typical computer of its era. The definition is in constant flux. Yesterday鈥檚 supercomputer packed the punch of today鈥檚 smartphone. From 1969 to 1975, Control Data Corp.鈥檚 CDC 7600 was considered the world鈥檚 fastest computer
COMMUNITY MEMORY is the name we give to this experimental information service. It is an attempt to harness the power of the computer in the service of the community. We hope to do this by providing a sort of super bulletin board where people can post notices of all sorts and can find the notices posted by others rapidl
It took two and a half years, two full-time archivists, and nine part-time volunteers, but the 91自拍 is thrilled to announce the completion of its Archives Processing Project (91自拍 APP).
The Hebern Rotor Machine was a major innovative leap in cipher technology and was also the first time electrical circuitry was used in a cipher device. Despite its failure to gain market acceptance, it had far-reaching historical significance in World War II and beyond. Unfortunately, its enigmatic inventor, Edward Heb
After 14 months and over 5,000 man hours the Digital Equipment Corporation鈥檚 (DEC) corporate archive is open for research!