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Charles Babbage developed the idea for the DifferenceEngine in 1821 but failed to build it in 1833. In 1842, he developed the idea for the Analytical Engine; he completely abandoned the Difference Engine. It was never completed but it helped improve Britain's machine-tool industry. In 1991, the National Museum of Science and Technology built a replica of the Difference Engine #2 (a later improved design); it was a real working one. In 1879, Charles Babbage's son reassembled a small section of the Difference Engine, which was auctioned in London auctioned in Sydney for $282,000.
The Colossus computers used at Bletchley Park during World War II, for cryptanalysis purposes, are now widely acknowledged as the first programmable electronic digital computers.
Technically, the word 'computer' means 'one who computes', and doesn't refer to a machine, but rather people who were employed down the ages as 'computers' to decide on a persons tax liability. Such 'computers' also did mathematical tables, navigation tables, insurance actuary tables, aircraft design, etc. Babbage himself was a 'computer' when he got the inspiration for the Difference Engine. Up into the early 1950s all the aircraft manufacturers employed several hundred 'computers' to perform the calculations needed to design aircraft.
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∙ 13y agoSupercomputers were introduced in the 1960s and were designed primarily by Seymour Cray at Control Data Corporation (CDC)
Possibly the CRAY-1
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∙ 12y agoThe ENIAC is the very first general purpose computer.
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∙ 12y agothe German Z3 designed by Konrad Zuse
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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.
What town was the computer made in?
The First TV, I mean the first computer was made in Santa Le Cabana France.
How old was babage when he invented his first computer?
Charles Babbage was 33 years old when he designed his first computer but he didn't build
When was The Computer Programme created?
The Countess Ada Augusta of Lovelace is usually credited with designing and writing the first computer program. However as the computer it was written for, Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, was never built this program was largely an academic exercise.The first program for a computer that was actually built was designed in 1944 and ran on the British cryptanalytic computer Colossus. It is unknown who did the work as the entire project was classified and most of the records were destroyed after the war.The first program for a stored program computer (the type that modern computers are), consisting of 17 instructions, was written by Tom Kilburn, and first ran on June 21, 1948 on the Manchester Baby computer.
Where is first computer library in kerala?
kakkanad
When Australia had the first computer does it was the first computer in the world?
no, Australia did not have the first computer in the world
What was First computer?
EMAC in 1947 was the first computer .
When did the first computer come out to public?
the first computer was available in1950 the first computer was available in1950
How does the first computer monitor looks?
how is the first computer monitor
Where was the first computer inveted?
when and where computer first time inveted
Who was the first computer progarmer?
"ADA" She was the first computer programer
Is the first computer in DC?
yes the first computer was a DC.
Do you turn the monitor on first or do you turn the computer on first?
computer
What was the first computers color?
The First Colour computer was white
What was the first computer made?
the first computer is william seward burrought
When was the first computer used in schools?
1951 was when the first computer was used
Who was the first computer designer?
Charles Babbage developed the first 'computer'
