If you have ever owned a computer, especially over previous decades, you know that the type of storage used has changed many times. Thankfully, we’re long removed from the days of hard drives taking ...

The word automat is the Latinization of the Greek word αὐτόματον, which means acting of one’s own will. It is more often used to describe moving machines, especially those made to resemble human or ...

When you think about how to communicate on today’s internet, places like Reddit and online forums are key. Unlike social media, which is more free-for-all, online forums allow a closed-loop ...

A logarithm is the power which a certain number is raised to get another number. Before calculators and various types of complex computers were invented it was difficult for scientists and ...

The world of computers in the 1980s feels like a time capsule compared to today’s light and thin machines. Long gone are the days of multiple components making up a single computer space, as the 1980s ...

Born in 1906, Reynold Johnson was a remarkable American inventor, one of IBM’s most prolific inventors, specializing in electromechanical devices. Owning over 90 patents, Johnson was popularly ...

The Packard Bell Statesman was a popular laptop, at least by 1994’s standards. However, before we dive more into it, it is important to understand the historical context. 30 years ago, laptops weren’t ...