As you might expect from its name, the "Difference Engine" is a strangely difficult object to describe. You might start by imagining the side of a large crib with uprights ringed by small metal wheels ...

The title of "First Computer" is a matter of historical debate, as its invention was a multi-step process rather than a single event. While Charles Babbage is often credited for the concept of the ...

Ada, Countess of Lovelace, is known to history as Byron’s daughter, the mathematical genius credited with writing the world’s first prototype computer program.