There are many answers some say Charles Babbage because he invented the differential calculating machine in the late 1800s. Others say Eniac was the first electronic computer in the 1940s at MIT. I believe the first computer was created by Og when he took a large rock and whacked his friend in the head and his friend said AAAAArrrrrghhh. Input Output.
2006-10-28 21:41:57
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answered by BigGuy T 1
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CHARLES BABBAGE INVENTED COMPUTERSThe History of Computers
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"Who invented the computer?" is not a question with a simple answer. The real answer is that many inventors contributed to the history of computers and that a computer is a complex piece of machinery made up of many parts, each of which can be considered a separate invention.
This series covers many of the major milestones in computer history (but not all of them) with a concentration on the history of personal home computers.
Computer History
Year/Enter Computer History
Inventors/Inventions Computer History
Description of Event
1936 Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computer First freely programmable computer.
1942 John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry
ABC Computer Who was first in the computing biz is not always as easy as ABC.
1944 Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper
Harvard Mark I Computer The Harvard Mark 1 computer.
1946 John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
ENIAC 1 Computer 20,000 vacuum tubes later...
1948 Frederic Williams & Tom Kilburn
Manchester Baby Computer & The Williams Tube Baby and the Williams Tube turn on the memories.
1947/48 John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley
The Transistor No, a transistor is not a computer, but this invention greatly affected the history of computers.
1951 John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
UNIVAC Computer First commercial computer & able to pick presidential winners.
1953 International Business Machines
IBM 701 EDPM Computer IBM enters into 'The History of Computers'.
1954 John Backus & IBM
FORTRAN Computer Programming Language The first successful high level programming language.
1955
(In Use 1959)
Stanford Research Institute, Bank of America, and General Electric
ERMA and MICR The first bank industry computer - also MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) for reading checks.
1958 Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce
The Integrated Circuit Otherwise known as 'The Chip'
1962 Steve Russell & MIT
Spacewar Computer Game The first computer game invented.
1964 Douglas Engelbart
Computer Mouse & Windows Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end.
1969 ARPAnet The original Internet.
1970 Intel 1103 Computer Memory The world's first available dynamic RAM chip.
1971 Faggin, Hoff & Mazor
Intel 4004 Computer Microprocessor The first microprocessor.
1971 Alan Shugart &IBM
The "Floppy" Disk Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility.
1973 Robert Metcalfe & Xerox
The Ethernet Computer Networking Networking.
1974/75 Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers The first consumer computers.
1976/77 Apple I, II & TRS-80 & Commodore Pet Computers More first consumer computers.
1978 Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston
VisiCalc Spreadsheet Software Any product that pays for itself in two weeks is a surefire winner.
1979 Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby
WordStar Software Word Processors.
1981 IBM
The IBM PC - Home Computer From an "Acorn" grows a personal computer revolution
1981 Microsoft
MS-DOS Computer Operating System From "Quick And Dirty" comes the operating system of the century.
1983 Apple Lisa Computer The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface.
1984 Apple Macintosh Computer The more affordable home computer with a GUI.
1985 Microsoft Windows Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple
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2006-10-29 08:11:35
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answered by er_heena 1
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Charles Babbage
2006-10-30 01:34:15
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answered by Aarthi R 2
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So many people have invented one bit at a time that computers as we use them now do not really have an inventor, just a history.
2006-10-29 04:42:18
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answered by cdrotherham 4
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Father of Computer
"Charles Babbage"
2006-10-29 05:32:08
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answered by Anonymous
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First one was Blaise Pascal. Others:Charles Babbage, Konrad Zuse, Wilhelm Von Leibnitz, Something(I forgot first name) Jacuard. I forgot the others.
2006-10-29 04:47:18
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answered by ? 4
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Al Gore. He also invented the internet and calculators.
2006-10-29 07:19:21
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answered by Justin V 5
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Fred Smith
2006-10-29 04:47:37
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answered by Pauline 5
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The british.
Shame we're no longer the world leaders of development. Our government hates us being good at anything.
2006-10-29 05:05:26
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answered by J 3
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It all started from microprocessors and so the cedit goes to Intel and Fairchild.
2006-10-29 05:11:41
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answered by indianloverofpeace 1
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