Who invented the first computer? In what country it originated?

Answer 1

The Babylonians or Chinese, with the abacus.
The first named computers were accountants.
The first mechanical computer, was Babbages difference engine
The first electric computer, was the Enigma machine at Bletchley Park.
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Answer 2

The modern stored-program electronic digital computer was invented by John von Neumann of the Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton.

The invention was based on his knowledge of a large automated electromechanical calculator (ASCC) built by Howard Aitken at Harvard in 1944, and a large electronic calculator (ENIAC) built by J. Presper Eckert and John W. Mauchly at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania, in 1946. An earlier electronic calculating unit (ABC) built by John V. Atanasoff and Clifford Berry at Iowa State University in 1938-41 had influenced Eckert and Mauchly. Von Neumann met Alan Turing, and therefore may have known something of the electronic codebreaking engine (Colossus) built by Max Newman and Tommy Flowers at Bletchley Park, England, in 1943-44.

The design of a unified type of general-purpose computer was described in the article "Preliminary Discussion of the Design of an Electronic Computing Instrument" by Arthur W. Burks, Hermann H. Goldstine and John von Neumann in 1946. All subsequent computers followed this design.

The first two computers completed to the new design were at Manchester, England in June 1948 by Tom Kilburn and Freddie Williams, and at Cambridge, England in May 1949 (the EDSAC) by Maurice Wilkes. The third , in America, was not until nearly the end of 1950.

Answer 3

In 1930, Vannevar Bush, an American electrical engineer, built the first reliable analog computer. He developed his machine, called a differential analyzer, to solve differential equations.

The first semielectronic digital computing device was constructed in 1939 by John V. Atanasoff, an American mathematician and physicists. In 1944, Howard Aiken, a Harvard University professor, built another early form of digital computer, which he called Mark I.

Answer 4

In 1930, Vannevar Bush, an American electrical engineer, built the first reliable analog computer. He developed his machine, called a differential analyzer, to solve differential equations.

The first semielectronic digital computing device was constructed in 1939 by John V. Atanasoff, an American mathematician and physicists. In 1944, Howard Aiken, a Harvard University professor, built another early form of digital computer, which he called Mark

Answer 5

The first complex computer was called the The Antikythera Mechanism and it was made by the Greeks. Hipparchos, a ruler in Athens, may have played a part in its construction.

If you're talking about basic computers (not complex), then items like scales or the abacus would be your answer, which are about 500 years older than The Antikythera Mechanism.

Answer 6

The first programmable computer (as opposed to machines set to perform one type of calculation) was invented by an Englishman, Charles Babbage. He made several, starting in 1822. They were huge machines (one weighed 15 tons), but they worked. His later approaches were based on punch-card programming - about a century or so before it was widely applied.

As a side issue, Ada Lovelace, a mathematician, worked on programming his machines. The current programming language Ada is named for her.

Answer 7

The abacus was the first calculator, Hollerith built a machine to tally the census around the time of the US Civil War. Either Edison or Morse came with a device to tally votes in the US Legislature.

Answer 8

The first computer was in the Pentagon, here in the United States.
I can't for the life of me remember who invented it.
I remember that it was huge and you could walk around in it.
There was a lady Navy Commodor in charge of overseeing it's operation.
Sorry, I can't remember who invented

Answer 9

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Answer 10

I believe that a German immigrant to the U.S first got it going with the help of many others Basically the U.S. can claim the rights.