Weighing in at over a tonne and comprising 1,500 valves and miles of wiring, it is not what most people would recognise as a computer. Despite its antiquated appearance, however, this enormous machine ...

Sir Maurice Wilkes, who has died aged 97, was the most important figure in the development of practical computing in the UK. Not only did he lead the development of EDSAC, the first stored-program ...

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.

In the last five years, the production of digital computers in Britain has risen from 15 to more than 100 machines annually. So, 65 years ago, started a story in Electronics Weekly’s edition of ...

The images from intelligence agency GCHQ shows Colossus in full working mode as it was used by spies at Bletchley Park and played a key role in ending the Second World War. They have been released to ...