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The Harvard Mark 1 is usually credited as being the first computer, but these were also early computers Comparison with other early computers {| |+ Defining characteristics of five first operative digital computers |- ! Computer ! Shown working ! Binary ! Electronic ! Programmable ! Turing complete | Zuse Z3 May 1941 Yes No By punched film stock Yes (1998) Atanasoff-Berry Computer Summer 1941 Yes Yes No No Colossus December 1943 / January 1944 Yes Yes Partially, by rewiring No Harvard Mark I - IBM ASCC 1944 No No By punched paper tape Yes (1998) ENIAC 1944 No Yes Partially, by rewiring Yes 1948 No Yes By Function Table ROM Yes
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe first computer was called the Difference Engine invented by Charles Babbage in 1822. It was the first mechanical computer that was able to compute sets of number and create a hard copy of the results.
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∙ 15y agoThe first modern computers were developed by the United States military during World War II. Their purpose was to calculate the paths of artillery shells and bombs. By present day standards, these machines were primitive. They used bulky vacuum tubes that were the predecessors of today's electronic circuitry. As a result, the machines were massive, occupying large rooms. Additionally, the myriad of settings were controlled by on-off switches, which had to be reset by hand for each operation. This was time-consuming and difficult for the programmers.
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∙ 14y agoThe first electronic computer was called "ENIAC".
The British Collossus machine was decoding the enigma transcripts during WW2 using optical readers and software designed by Alan Turing but details of it's pioneering speed and complexity was not made known until the 1970's when it was declassified.Wiki User
∙ 10y agoThere were several names used in the early days, some are:
- Giant Brains
- Automatic Calculating Machines
- Automatic Calculators
- Data Processing Systems
- Electronic Data Processing Machines (EDPMs)
- Programmable Data Processors
- etc.
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∙ 15y agoIt was called dckll strinkell computer expert
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∙ 11y agoENIAC- Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer) was the first electronic general-purpose computer.
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∙ 12y agoThe first true computer was the ENIAC.
or perhaps Charles Babbage's difference engine (which was earlier).
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Was the first ever computer named Scooby Doo?
No the first programmable was called the Z1.
Who was the first to invent the computer?
Charles Babbage invented the first computer - it was called a 'difference engine'
What was the first portable computer called and who made it?
Osborn-1. Adam Osborn.
Who was the founder of English computer?
Charles Babbage was the first to design a fully programmable mechanical computer in 1837, called his analytical engine.
What was Microsoft's first computer language program written for a personal computer called?
Microsoft BASIC, it was for the MITS Altair 8800 kit.
When did the computer was first made?
That was a computer called ENIAC,but first machine was a calculator.
What was the name of the first digital computer?
The first digital computer was called ENIAC
What was the first automatic computer called?
IT was called mine
What was the first computer that could play chess called?
The first chess computer that could play chess was called Deep Blue.
What was America's first computer called?
ernie
What was the first computer called and when was it developed?
ENIAC
What date was the first computer issued?
The first computer was German and was called the Zuse Z3. It was first operational in May of 1941.
Who made the first computer in the world was called?
in 1837 Charles Babbage a british professor first made a computer'
When did Apple made their very first computer?
The first Apple computer, called Apple 1, was made in 1976.
What was the first portalbe computer called?
osborn-1
What was the very first personal computer called?
ALTAIR
What was the first electronic computer called?
ENIAC, in in 1946
