what was the VERY first computer invented?when?

Question

can u provide a site with a picture please.

Answer 1

If by computer you mean a MECHANICAL machine that can perform mathematical functions, then two early examples that I often use are the Babbage difference engine (conceived in the mid 1700s, but not built until the mid 1850s), and the Hollerith tabulation machine (1890s+).

Photo of the difference engine:
http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/talk/differ.jpg

Photo of an early Hollerith tabulation machine:
http://accad.osu.edu/~waynec/history/images/tabulator.gif
Photo of a later model after Hollerith became IBM:
http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/9048-1.htm

If by computer you mean an ELECTRONIC machine then I'd go with the Atanasoff-Berry built in 1937-42. If this is for a class I hope you get some extra points because few people know of this one.
Photos of a replica:
http://www.scl.ameslab.gov/ABC/Progress.html

The ENIAC was an early digital machine, but they didn't even start building it until 1943, and it wasn't complete until 1946.

Answer 2

In the strictest sense, the very first computer was the abacus, a calculating devise used by ancient Chineses and Romans. Many people in Asian countries still use it

Answer 3

I would say the abacus was the first true computer ever made

http://werwolf.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/~elf/abacus/

The evolution of the abacus can be divided into three ages: Ancient Times, Middle Ages, and Modern Times. The time-line below traces the developing abacus from its beginnings circa 500 B.C., to the present

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Philip T

Answer 4

Here is the link on the very first computer invented.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacus

Answer 5

The apple computer

Answer 6

http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Kythera.htm

Answer 7

who knows? srry i couldn't help.

Answer 8

ENIAC

Answer 9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer

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idk if this is right?