World's Oldest Computer Gets a Reboot [VIDEO]

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The National Museum of Computing is welcoming a new, two-ton computer to its collection -- the world's oldest. Named "The Witch" for Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computation from Harwell, the supercomputer was used to aid scientists in the 1950s who were crunching large numbers -- though it took a while. For every two digits, the computer took 10 seconds to calculate.

After 15 years being out of commission, the computer has been restored. Three painstaking years thanks to a team of computer conversationists and 'The Witch" is back to the way it operated in its heyday.

Watch the video above to learn more and to see the computer click-clackiting away and leave us your impressions in the comments.

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