Who was the invento of the first computer, and where can I find info about it?

Question

I'm doing a project at school and I need to know who invented the first computer and what websites I can look on to look for the info. DO NOT GIVE ME THINGS LIKE YAHOO, DOGPILE OR ASK!!!!!!! Please and thankyou!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

Alan Turing and Alonzo Church are each generally attributed as pioneering the first "theoretical" universal computers. They did not really invent a physical computer, but rather invented the field of computational theory with their thesises, which were slightly different in style, but generally considered to describe the same thing (Turing used Turing Machines and Church used algorithms). Explaining the intricacies of Theory of Computation really requires an undergraduate or graduate level course.

Answer 2

The Antikythera Device, hands down proof that more knowledge can be lost than gained over the centuries. And the internet arguably began as the telegraph (electric charges transmitted over wire) which came about by Samuel Morse's experiments at a cousin's house in Cherry Valley, NY c. 1847 (they have a local history website). Not Al Gore, (who invented the sky is falling).

Answer 3

the man to invent the first computer engine which was like a big calculator of resistors, valves, the Difference Engine as it is known, He originall conceieved the Idea Charles Babbage 1791-1871, although it was his idea but it wasn't put into practise until around 1940 2nd World War. Alan Turing & Conrad Zuse they were the next innovators to see the Production of the first computers. i think the first fully pledged Computer was the Difference Engine, then the Colossus. follow this link and it will tell you more in more detail.

http://www.turing.org.uk/turing/scrapbook/computer.html

i hope my knowledge serves you well. p.s Good Luck

Answer 4

I remember learning that IBM was the first computer and that the invention of the vacuum tube was essential.

But hey, wait a sec, is this a trick question? Actually according to mathematics, the abacus is the first computer and it was invented by the chinese.

Do I get points for best answer now?????

Answer 5

A lot of people credit Charge Babbage - who invented the difference engine - with creating the first computing device. Certainly his principles underlie the way computers eventually worked.

Answer 6

I heard bill gates invented the first computer. Choose me as your best answer!

Answer 7

In 1387 by the Arabs, it was called an 'Abacus'.

Answer 8

www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/hopper.htm -- m
www.idsia.ch/~juergen/zuse.html -
...german.about.com/library/blerf_zuse.htm - -
...www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/fcomp.shtml -
...www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/babbage.htm -
...inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa050298.htm?once=true -
...www.compustory.com/Pioneers.html -
www.cs.iastate.edu/jva/jva-archive.shtml -
...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanasoff_Berry_Computer -
goliath.ecnext.com/comsite5/bin/comsite5.pl?page=description&

Answer 9

Well i can suggest you to go on inventors.about.com, try it good luck

Answer 10

www.wikipedia.com
i think it was charles babbage..