who invented the 1st computer?

Question

who invented the 1st computer?

Answer 1

IBM

Answer 2

Originally, the term "computer" referred to a person who performed numerical calculations, often with the aid of a mechanical calculating device or analog computer. Examples of these early devices, the ancestors of the computer, included the abacus and the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek device for calculating the movements of planets which dates from about 87 BC. The end of the Middle Ages saw a reinvigoration of European mathematics and engineering, and Wilhelm Schickard's 1623 device was the first of a number of mechanical calculators constructed by European engineers.

In 1801, Joseph Marie Jacquard made an improvement to existing loom designs that used a series of punched paper cards as a program to weave intricate patterns. The resulting Jacquard loom is not considered a true computer but it was an important step in the development of modern digital computers.

Charles Babbage was the first to conceptualize and design a fully programmable computer as early as 1820, but due to a combination of the limits of the technology of the time, limited finance, and an inability to resist tinkering with his design, the device was never actually constructed in his lifetime. By the end of the 19th century a number of technologies that would later prove useful in computing had appeared, such as the punch card and the vacuum tube, and large-scale automated data processing using punch cards was performed by tabulating machines designed by Hermann Hollerith.

During the first half of the 20th century, many scientific computing needs were met by increasingly sophisticated special-purpose analog computers, which used a direct mechanical or electrical model of the problem as a basis for computation. These became increasingly rare after the development of the programmable digital computer.

Answer 3

The Abbacus is considered the first mechanical computation device and dates back about 2000 years ago.
Charles Babbage designed but didn't build the first "Difference Engine" back in 1832.
Between 1939 and 1944, Howard Aiken developed the first electronic computer called the Mark 1- aka the IBM ASCC.

Answer 4

Charles Babbage, 1791-1871

Answer 5

The first computer was invented by Charles Babbage. The Analytical Engine was his version of a mechanical computer.

Answer 6

grace hopper helped to make the first digital programmable computer, the mark 1 and the mark 2.

Answer 7

Alan Turing invented it during WWII to break Nazi cyphers. It was classified for many years after so he never got credit during his lifetime.

Answer 8

the first computer was invented as a communicator between two places and mostly used for military. its name is ARPANET...

the first web browser is called MOSAIC...

basically, the military invented the first computer...

Answer 9

The Chinese. It's called an Abacus.

Answer 10

mr. babagge

Answer 11

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