Take a tour inside of your desktop PC to learn how all the hardware in a traditional desktop PC connects to create a complete computer system like the one you may be using right now. Here are some ...

During WWII, a top-secret project to build the first programmable digital computer was underway at the University of Pennsylvania. The U.S. Army was looking for a faster way to run complicated ...

In the heart of Manchester, UK, a groundbreaking event took place in 1948: the first modern computer, known as the Manchester Baby, ran its very first program. The Baby’s ability to execute stored ...

Reviving an old computer is like restoring a classic car: There’s a thrill from bringing the ancient into the modern world. So it was with my first “real” computer, my Mac Plus, when I decided to ...

At UT Computer Science, undergraduate students receive a rigorous educational experience, with options to pursue more than 50 courses that span the full spectrum of topics in modern computer science.

Of the hundreds of components that make up a modern computer, the microprocessor chip consumes the most energy. An essential part of any PC, laptop or mobile device, a microprocessor performs ...

Ritchie created the C programming language and used it to create the operating system Unix. Both developments underpin modern computing, experts say. Flickr/mrbill Dennis Ritchie, whose invention of ...

This lab course introduces students to modern topics of engineering optics. Teams of students will carry out four different projects: holography, lasers, free-space optical communication, and ...

The first modern electronic digital computer was called the Atanasoff–Berry computer, or ABC. It was built by physics Professor John Vincent Atanasoff and his graduate student, Clifford Berry, in 1942 ...