Information Technology Collection

Pilot ACE computer, 1950
Pilot ACE computer. Control panel of the Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) pilot model. This was a preliminary version of the full ACE design

Alan Turing, British mathematician
Alan Turing. Caricature of the British mathematician Alan Turing (1912-54). In 1937 Turing described a theoretical computer (a Turing machine) in rigorous mathematical terms

ai, ar, arms outstretched, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, balance, balancing
Futuristic woman balancing on binary code floor

binary code, binary river, bubble, color image, communication, computer graphic, concept
Glowing orb floating in forest over binary code path

Circuit board, artwork
Circuit board. Computer artwork depicting city scape made of electronic circuits

Quantum computing. Conceptual computer artwork of electronic circuitry contained on spheres, representing parallel processing in a quantum computer

Computer room, Rotherham Infirmary, South Yorkshire, 1967. Artist: Michael Walters
Computer room, Rotherham Infirmary, South Yorkshire, 1967. In a photograph taken for the Central Office of Information, a secretary checks the printout from the computer

Abstract communication cables background. Wires and connectors for computer audio video. Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc. France

Bei der Dorfsybille, Prophetin, 1881, Germany, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century original
1900s, 19th-century, 3 people, america, american, complaint, complaints, digital, digitally, disease, diseased, diseases, ecological, ecologically, ecology, environmental, europe's, female

An oil mill according to the Anglo-American system by R. P. fisherman & Co
1900s, 19th-century, accurate, appliances, assorted, black-and-white, black-white, deserted, device, different, differing, digital, digitally, diverse, europe's, exact, fisher man, fishermen

Templum Cibeles In Monte Palatino, The image shows the Temple of Cybele, located on the Palatine Hill
antica, attraction, attractions, big, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, central italy, contemporary, depiction, depictions, drawing, drawings, drawn, early

The Arch of Constantine is a triumphal arch. It was erected around 315 AD to commemorate the triumph of Constantine I
antica, arch, arches, attraction, attractions, battles, black, black-and-white, black-white, bridge, bridges, built, built in, central italy, commemorating, commemoration, constantine

A pictorial map with topography, monuments and buildings on Capitoline Hill in Rome
17th-century, antica, attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, border, borders, building, buildings, card, cards, central italy, commemorating, commemoration, contemporary

Depicted here is the procession during a Roman triumph. It shows the legions of cohorts at the end of the procession up
1 person, 17th-century, antica, astronomic, astronomical, attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, central italy, contemporary, deep space, depiction

The Meta Sudans was a large fountain that stood near the Colosseum, historic Rome, Italy
17th-century, antica, big, black, black-and-white, black-white, built, built in, close, close up, closeness, coliseum, colosseum, contemporary, depiction, depictions, digital, digitally, drawing

Strassemszeme, it People and Cow, Harrison Road with a Group of Jogees, Jogis, Calcutta, c
arts, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, bunch of, calcutta, construction, copy, daily routine, depiction, depictions, digital, digitalization, digitally, digitizing, drawing

Street scene in Calcutta in the year 1895, India, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of
arts, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, calcutta, construction, copy, daily routine, depiction, depictions, digital, digitalization, digitally, digitizing, drawing, drawings

Moonshi Bagh, River Landscape near the Town of Srinager, Kashmir, c. 1887, India, Historic
arts, benares, black, black-and-white, black-white, book covers, cities, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, cover, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitalization, digitally

View of the city of Bombay around 1870, India, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time
arts, black, black-and-white, black-white, bombay, cities, city portrait, city scape, city view, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitalization

Street scene in Larissa, 1890, Greece, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
1900s, 19th-century, arts, balkan, balkan peninsula, black, black-and-white, black-white, cities, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, daily routine, depiction, depictions, digital

The Step Pyramid of the Ancient Egyptian King Djoser, Djoser Pyramid, also Netjerichet Pyramid
1900s, 19th-century, album, albums, arts, b.c. before christ, black, black-and-white, black-white, commemorating, commemoration, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, depiction, depictions

In the harbour of Constantinople, today Istanbul, 1880, Turkey, Historical
1900s, 19th-century, arts, black, black-and-white, black-white, bosporus, constantinople, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitalization

View of the Bosphorus, Constantinople, today Istanbul, 1870, Turkey, Historical
1900s, 19th-century, album, albums, arts, black, black-and-white, black-white, bosporus, commemorating, commemoration, constantinople, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, depiction, depictions

Ancient Italy, View of the Temple of the Sibyl in Tivoli, Rome, 1720, Italy, Historical
attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, central italy, construction, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitalization

Ancient Italy, The Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, Rome, 1760, Italy, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an
attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, central italy, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitalization, digitally, digitizing, drawing, drawings

Ancient Rome, The Tomb of Caecilia Metella, 1762, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original
attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, central italy, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitalization, digitally, digitizing, drawing, drawings

Views of Rome, drawn and engraved by Giambattista Piranesi, Artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi
artists, attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, central italy, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitalization, digitally, digitizing, drawing

Ancient Rome, Arco di Constantino, Arch of Constantine, 1760, Italy, Historic
1 person, arco, attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, central italy, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, digital, digitalization, digitally, digitizing, drawing

Ancient Rome, View of the Remains of the Forum of Nerva, 1760, Italy, Historic
altertum, ancient civilizations, ancient times, ancient world, antiquity, black, black-and-white, black-white, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitalization, digitally

Ancient Rome, Cascata di Tivoli, Waterfall of Tivoli, 1760, Italy, Historic
attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, body of water, cascade, cascades, cascata, central italy, contemporary, copy, countryside, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital

Ancient Rome, Ponte Senatorio, Ponte rotto, Tempio di Vesta, Tempio della Fortuna Virile
14, attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, bridge, bridges, building, buildings, central italy, construction, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital

Ancient Rome, Porto di Ripetta, Port of Ripetta c. 1750, Italy, Historical
attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, central italy, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitalization, digitally, digitizing, drawing, drawings

Ancient Rome, Baths of Caracalla, Thermae Antoninianae, Ancient Baths Rovine del Sisto, Ruins of the Xystus, 1770
attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, central italy, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitalization, digitally, digitizing, drawing, drawings

Ancient Rome, Church of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, San Paolo fuori le mura, one of the papal basilicas of Rome
attraction, attractions, basilica of saint paul outside the walls, basilicas, basilika, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, central italy, church building, churches

Ancient Rome, Interior View of the Church of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, San Paolo fuori le mura
attraction, attractions, basilica of saint paul outside the walls, basilicas, basilika, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, central italy, church building, churches

Ancient Rome, Ponte Molle sul Tevere, The Ponte Milvio, Molle Bridge or Mollo Bridge)
attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, body of water, bridge, bridges, central italy, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitalization, digitally

Ancient Rome, Ruins of the Antonine Baths, Baths of Caracalla, 1770, Italy, Historic
attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, central italy, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, digital, digitalization, digitally, digitizing, drawing, drawings, drawn

Ancient Rome, View of the Basilica of St John Lateran, Basilica dis Giovanni Laterano, 1770, Italy, Historic
archbasilica of st. john lateran, attraction, attractions, basilicas, basilika, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, central italy, church building, churches, construction

Ancient Rome, Villa Albani near Rome, View of the Villa dell Emo, Alesandro Albani in front of the Porta Salaria, 1770
attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, central italy, construction, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitalization

Ancient Rome, Isola Tiberina, the island in the Tiber, Tiber Island, 1770, Italy, Historical
attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, body of water, central italy, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitalization, digitally, digitizing

Ancient Rome, Palazzo Montecitorio, Palazzo di Montecitorio, a palace in Rome
attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, central italy, construction, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitalization

Ancient Rome, Remains of the Villa of Maecenas in Tivoli, 1770, Italy, Historic
attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, central italy, construction, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitalization

Hieronymus Schurstab, Mayor of Nuremberg, 1554, Bavaria, Germany, Historical
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, bayern, black, black-and-white, black-white, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, digital, digitalization, digitally, digitizing, drawing, drawings, drawn

Andreas Paul Beer, bookseller in Nuremberg, 1672, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, bayern, black, black-and-white, black-white, book seller, book sellers, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, digital, digitalization, digitally, digitizing

Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and merchant (chromolitho)
972073 Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and merchant (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834), French weaver and merchant

Teachers and pupils try out the new computers in Bilton High Schools IT classroom. 26th September 1988

access, bank, banking, binary code, circle, cloud, cloud computing, cloud technology
Pixelated safe in sky

access, bank, banking, binary code, cloud, cloud computing, cloud technology, code
Pixelated safe in sky

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"Unleashing the Power of Information Technology: From Pilot ACE to Quantum Computing" In 1950, the world witnessed a groundbreaking development with the creation of the Pilot ACE computer. Spearheaded by Alan Turing, a visionary British mathematician, this technological marvel paved the way for a revolution in information technology. Fast forward to today, and we find ourselves at the forefront of an era where artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) extend their arms outstretched towards endless possibilities. The concept of balance takes center stage as these technologies strive to strike a harmonious equilibrium between human interaction and machine capabilities. Amidst this digital landscape, binary code flows like a river, forming intricate patterns that resemble colorful images. Communication is no longer limited by distance or time; it transcends boundaries through computer graphics that captivate our senses. Delving deeper into this realm lies the circuit board—an artwork in its own right—where electronic components come together like puzzle pieces, and is here that quantum computing emerges as a game-changer—a core capable of processing vast amounts of data at unprecedented speeds. The advent of optical fibers further propels us into an interconnected world where information travels seamlessly across continents. These slender strands enable lightning-fast transmission while preserving data integrity. Yet amidst all these advancements, we must not forget our roots—the historic foundations upon which modern IT stands. Digital reproductions bring back to life iconic works such as "Bei der Dorfsybille, " an 1881 German prophetess painting, or R. P Fisherman & Co. 's oil mill from Hamburg's industrial past in 1880. Information technology has evolved exponentially over time but remains rooted in innovation and progress. As we navigate this ever-changing landscape, let us embrace its transformative power while honoring its rich heritage—a testament to humanity's insatiable quest for knowledge and advancement.