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  1. Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) | Britannica Money

    In 1982 TI introduced the first single-chip digital signal processor (DSP), a market that the company went on to dominate. By 1997 TI’s revenue from DSPs—the control units in digital cellular …

  2. Computer | Definition, History, Operating Systems, & Facts | Britannica

    Dec 22, 2025 · A computer is a programmable device for processing, storing, and displaying information. Learn more in this article about modern digital electronic computers and their design, constituent …

  3. Dallas | History, Population, Map, & Points of Interest | Britannica

    6 days ago · The top technology fields include software production, computer services, and manufacturing of computer hardware, semiconductors, and wireless communication equipment.

  4. Dallas - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

    Many companies in Dallas produce high-technology products such as semiconductors, wireless communications equipment, and computer hardware and software. Among the city’s other industries …

  5. Melinda Gates | Biography, Book, & Facts | Britannica Money

    After graduating from the Ursuline Academy (a Catholic girls’ high school), she studied computer science and economics at Duke University (B.S., 1986; M.B.A., 1987).

  6. Jack Kilby | Nobel Prize-Winning Engineer & Inventor | Britannica

    Nov 4, 2025 · Jack Kilby (born Nov. 8, 1923, Jefferson City, Mo., U.S.—died June 20, 2005, Dallas, Texas) was an American engineer and one of the inventors of the integrated circuit, a system of …

  7. Dell | History, Technology, Computers, & Facts | Britannica Money

    Dell, global company that designs, develops, and manufactures personal computers (PCs) and a variety of computer-related products. The company is one of the world’s leading computer brands and …

  8. Computer - History, Technology, Innovation | Britannica

    Dec 22, 2025 · A computer might be described with deceptive simplicity as “an apparatus that performs routine calculations automatically.” Such a definition would owe its deceptiveness to a naive and …

  9. Computer - Technology, Invention, History | Britannica

    Dec 22, 2025 · Computer - Technology, Invention, History: By the second decade of the 19th century, a number of ideas necessary for the invention of the computer were in the air.

  10. Computer science | Definition, Types, & Facts | Britannica

    Dec 2, 2025 · Computer science is the study of computers and computing, including their theoretical and algorithmic foundations, hardware and software, and their uses for processing information.