“The freshmen now entering Drexel [in the early 1980s] will spend the greater portion of their professional lives in the 21st century, in an environment in which the computer will be an everyday, even ...

Whether you are advancing your tech career or transitioning into the tech sector, online computer science classes provide you with the education you need. Many courses have little to no cost and allow ...

In 1979, two M.I.T. computer-science alumni and a Harvard Business School graduate launched a new piece of computer software for the Apple II machine, an early home computer. Called VisiCalc, short ...

From the earliest mechanical devices to the most advanced quantum computers of the present, the history of computing is a fascinating trip spanning thousands of years. Let’s explore the significant ...

KATIE HAFNER: Hello Science Talk audience! I’m Katie Hafner, the host of Lost Women of Science. Each season is devoted to the life and work of one scientist who hasn’t gotten the recognition she ...

A computer that processes analog data is known as an analog computer. Analog computers store information in physical quantities in a continuous format and use measurements to perform computation.

NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson is photographed at her desk at Langley Research Center in 1966. Johnson made critical technical contributions during her career of 33 years, which ...

Although quantum computing is a nascent field, there are plenty of key moments that defined it over the last few decades as scientists strive to create machines that can solve impossible problems.

One thing has bucked the trend of rising prices: computing. Technological advances have underpinned a consistent drop in the ...