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 ...

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As the 1980s computer era exploded, Bulletin Board Systems became popular as personal computers became more common in homes. Whether through word of mouth, hobbyist networks, or computer clubs, these ...

Early Automata: An Exact Definition Automata are moving mechanical devices constructed to assume the look and functionality of humans or any animal figures. They are built to act as self-powered, ...

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 ...

WordStar Word Processor was the world's leading word processing software in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Analog computers continued to be used in some specific applications, such as aircraft flight simulators, aircraft flight computers, and university teaching control systems. Because digital computers ...

The Ferranti Mark 1 was the world's first general-purpose digital computer commercially accessible. It was invented in 1951.