13 of the Oldest Cartoons in the World It's safe to say that, for the most part, modern cartoons are a far cry from the early days of animation. Animation's roots are in the late 19th century, with ...

17 Ancient Biblical Cities That Still Exist Today When you open the Bible, you step into a world that seems to belong to a distant past. Yet many of the places described in its pages are still around ...

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 ...

David has been writing for History-Computer since 2021, but has worked in digital media for well over a decade. He’s a resident of South Florida, David enjoys retro gaming, cruising, and his home ...

WWII hindered the progress of computer inventors like Atanasoff and Zuse but had the opposite effect on the first British steps toward the creation of electronic computers. During the war, the ...

Private Military Companies (PMCs) are the modern day version of mercenaries, or soldiers for hire. Since the dawn of civilization, professional warriors have emerged in every race, culture, and ...

Everywhere we turn, we experience computing, the internet, and other amazing developments of the information age. During the last several decades progress has only accelerated, creating the most ...

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 ...