Silk-weaving loom dating to Western Han is world’s oldest known ‘computer hardware’ with corresponding ‘software’, China ...
As China’s largest official scientific body, CAST’s claim to the world’s earliest computer is a big deal. It comes at a time when the Asian nation is competing for the top spot in a range of ...
The computer, at its core, is an input-output device: it receives instructions, executes programmes, performs calculations automatically and produces results.By this fundamental definition, China's ...