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Some consider the "engima machine" of WW2 to be the first computer. Depending on your definition it could be that or you might want to wait until the Univac was built. At some point it becomes a matter of semantics.
++ Depends rather on whether you consider purpose; and 'Enigma' was not a computer. 'Colossus', not 'Enigma', was the first programmable electronic computer, and its basic principles were those of any electronic computer at circuit and logic level. However, Colossus was built for a specific purpose: cracking the Germal military codes set on the Enigma system. Enigma was closer to a sophisticated combination-lock than a calculator.
Others would consider Charles Babbage's 'Difference Engine' (London, 1840s) to be the first computer, though it wqas all-mechanical and for a specific purpose, calculating log and trig tables. For some reason Babbage never saw it through to completion, but Science Museum staff have completed enough of it to prove its design and craftsmanship was sound. Had the original been finished as intended it would have been a very powerful tool in its day.
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∙ 6y agoAMES Iowa, The first electronic computer was finished in 1942, when its creator at Iowa State University was called up for the war effort. Unfortunately the university dismantled this computer shortly after his departure so that the room could be converted to make classrooms. Although built on casters so that it could be moved, the machine was built just a little too wide to fit through a doorway so it had to be cut up in pieces to remove it from the room!
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When was the first hp computer built?
The first hp computer built in 1937.
What year was the first computer ever built?
2012
What year was the first computer built?
1937-1942
Why was Friedrich Ebert important?
He built the first computer
What did the Google inventors build their first computer cabinet out of?
They did not build a computer they built a server.
When was the first hp computer built?
The first hp computer built in 1937.
Where was the first computer build at?
The answer depends on how you define a computer. Konrad Zuse built the first electronic computer at Berlin, Germany The first electronic computer in the US was built at Ames, Iowa by John Atanasoff.
Do you think that the ENIAC computer was the first computer ever built?
yes
What date was the first computer built?
in 1977
Was the first apple computer built in 1981?
yez
What year was the first computer ever built?
2012
Why was Friedrich Ebert important?
He built the first computer
What year was the first computer built?
1937-1942
For what reason was the first computer made computer made?
The first which built by Charles Babbage used as calculating machine rather than a computer machine, but the first electronic computer which made by the U.S Army was built to be used in some kind of military business.
What did the Google inventors build their first computer cabinet out of?
They did not build a computer they built a server.
Which computer is known as the first computer of the world?
It depends on what you mean by computer, but the first electronic, partly programmable computer was the colossus computer built by Tommy Flowers in 1943.
Who built the computer?
In the 19th Century, Charles Babbage built a mechanical device to calculate values such as logarithms, which could be considered to be the first computer.
