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The history of computers began with primitive designs in the early 19th century and went on to change the world during the 20th century.

VerkkoFirst Generation Computers (1940s – 1950s) First electronic computers used vacuum tubes, and they were huge and complex. The first general purpose electronic computer was the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical …

Shortly after delivery of the Atari VCS game console, Atari designs two microcomputers with game capabilities: the Model 400 and Model 800. The 400 served primarily as a game console, while the 800 was more of a home computer. Both faced strong competition from the Apple II, Commodore PET, and TRS-80 computers.

VerkkoTimeline of Computer History By Category Search AI & Robotics (55) Computers (145) Graphics & Games (48) Memory & Storage (61) Networking & The Web (58) Popular Culture (50) Software & Languages …

The history of computers goes back over 200 years. At first theorized by mathematicians and entrepreneurs, during the 19th century mechanical calculating machines were designed and built to …

The history of computer begins with the birth of abacus which is believed to be the first computer. It is said that Chinese invented Abacus around 4,000 ...

The first substantial computer was the giant ENIAC machine by John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert at the University of Pennsylvania. ENIAC (Electrical ...

VerkkoHistory of computing Hardware Hardware before 1960 Hardware 1960s to present Software Software Unix Free software and open-source software Computer science …

In 1671 the German mathematician-philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz designed a calculating machine called the Step Reckoner. (It was first built in 1673.) The Step Reckoner expanded on Pascal’s ideas and did multiplication by repeated addition and shifting. Leibniz was a strong advocate of the binary number system.

First Generation Computers In the period of the year 1940-1956, it was referred to as the period of the first generation of computers. These machines are slow, …

One of the earliest and most well-known devices was an abacus. Then in 1822, the father of computers, Charles Babbage began developing what would be the first ...

Around 4000 years ago, the Chinese invented the Abacus, and it is believed to be the first computer. The history of computers begins with the ...

The Earliest Processors. English mathematician Charles Babbage is credited with having assembled the first mechanical computers—at least technically speaking. His early 19th …

The modern era of digital computers began in the late 1930s and early 1940s in the United States, Britain, and Germany. The first devices used ...

Charles Babbage, who began developing the analytical engine in 1830, is considered to be the father of computers. Computers have become smaller, ...

Computers in The 1800s

A computer is a machine that can be programmed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation) automatically.

The history of computers goes back as far as 2500 B.C. with the abacus. However, the modern history of computers begins …

Started in 1943, the ENIAC computing system was built by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering of the University of ...

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VerkkoEarly computers were meant to be used only for calculations. Simple manual instruments like the abacus have aided people in doing calculations since ancient times. Early in the Industrial Revolution, some mechanical …