If you own a modern computer, it is probably several times faster than the one that landed the first lunar module on the moon. Modern personal computers consist of many components that work together ...

Researchers aim to rebuild computer, but first they need the parts. The EDSAC computer (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer) circa 1949. SSPL via Getty Images — -- A missing part to one ...

In 1998, Ask Ars was an early feature of the newly launched Ars Technica. Now, as then, it’s all about your questions and our community’s answers. Each week, we’ll dig into our question bag, provide ...

A piece of cybernetic history returned home as a long-lost component of the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC), one of the first practical general purpose computers, was returned to ...

Ah, the joy of summer storms. A recent one involving a flooded basement (a torrential downpour traveled down a chipmunk burrow that led to an otherwise enclosed basement window with a broken ...

The Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator, better known as EDSAC, was a computer built by engineers and scientists at Cambridge University in the 1940s. It began running programs in May 1949 ...