The Abacus, around 1000 B.C. Of course, if you mean personal computer, it started with the IBM mainframes in the 1950s, and branched off for a while, finally creating the first personal computer, the DATAPOINT 2200, in 1970, and the MITS Altair 8800, in 1975, then the Apple ][ in 1977, finally with the invention of the IBM 5150 in 1981, the first modern PC.
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2006-10-02 06:19:03
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At 27 tonnes and the size of an entire room, the world's first computer is just as elaborate as its name suggests — ENIAC or Electronic Numerator Integrator Analyser and Computer. True to form, ENIAC also makes big noises, cracking and buzzing while performing an equation of 5,000 additions. Before the invention of ENIAC, it took a room full of people to calculate a similar equation.
In this CBC Television clip for ENIAC's 50th birthday, technology columnist Tom Keenan explains: "War was on and they actually had to plan for ballistic calculations ... so they used to have rooms full of people, mainly women actually, who were trained to a certain level of mathematics and they were called 'computers.'"
OK - so this was broadcasted on Feb 12 1996.
Minus 50 years = 1946
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JJ
2006-10-02 06:04:27
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What year did the first computer come out?
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2015-08-16 23:16:31
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The first computer that was totally electronic was called ENIAC,(Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) It came out in 1946
2006-10-02 06:04:27
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For people to buy it at the store, in the early eighties.
2006-10-02 06:04:17
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i think it was some time after the 1950s i think?
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if i can recall it was 1969.
2006-10-02 06:05:31
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