who invented the computer?

Question

i always wanted to know

Answer 1

Bill Gates is a tool who hasn't invented a thing in his life.

The first electronic recognizable computer was invented by John Von Neumann.

Answer 2

Short answer:

There are A lot of people involved. History records Charles Babbage as the first to use them in a meaningful way.

More info:

English mathematician Charles Babbage (1792–1871) designed a mechanical computing machine called the "analytical engine." It is considered the forerunner of the digital computer, a programmable electronic device that stores, retrieves, and processes data.

Answer 3

That depends on how you define a computer.

Some say that the first computer was developed by a postal worker during WWII and used to help break the codes of the Enigma Machine. I believe is was a large machine that was vacuum powered.

Old time player pianos are also related to computers. Their programs were stored on paper rolls with holes punched in them. The holes are the equivilant of binary data.

I took a computer course in high school in the early 70's and our programs were saved on tiny paper tapes with punch holes just like a piano roll. The modem was a giant accoustic modem that you'd have to set the handset of one of those old fashioned black telephones into it. If you whistled, it'd screw up the connection.

Computers have been around a long time in some form or another.

Answer 4

I think a guy names babbage gets the credit. the government had a large one in the 50's.

Answer 5

im not so sure...but i think it was bill gates thats why hes the richest person on earth right now, but im not sure if he invented the computer or was it only microsoft...