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1937, in an Indiana bar by Dr. John Vincent Atanasoff. He and Clifford Berry finished building it in early 1942 but after they left Iowa State University to perform war related work, the machine was soon scrapped when the room it was in needed to be converted to classrooms and the machine was found to be too wide to roll it out through the door.

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Atanasoff (1903-1995) and his graduate assistant, Clifford Berry (1918-1963), designed the first electronic digital special-purpose computer in the 1930s. The Atanasoff-Berry Computer used vacuum tubes for storage

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Remington Rand sold the first UNIVAC I on March 31, 1951 to the US Census Bureau.

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How could Charles Baggage invent the electronic computer if he was born in 1791 and it was invented in 1641?

The electronic computer was not invented in 1641, there was no electronics in 1641. The electronic computer was invented in the 1940s. Charles Babbage did invent the programmable digital computer, the Analytical Engine, but it was mechanical not electronic.


Where was the computer invented in?

Z3, an electromechanical programmable computer was invented in Berlin. ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer was invented at the University of Pennsylvania.


Which was the first electronic digital computer and who invented it?

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Was Microsoft invented before the computer?

No, the earliest electronic computer was developed during WW2 (1943), Microsoft was founded in 1975.


When the first computer was invented?

the first known computer, a mechanical analog computer, was invented and built circa 100BCthe first digital computer, a programmable mechanical decimal computer, was invented circa 1840 but never builtthe first electronic digital computer, an electronic binary computer, was invented circa 1936 and built in 1942. it was dismantled later that yearthe first programmable electronic digital computer, was invented in 1943 and 11 of them in 2 different models were built between 1944 and the end of the war in Europe. this is the only digital computer built built in a quantity greater than 1 until the early 1950sthe first stored program electronic digital computer, was built in 1948 based on a variety of concepts invented between 1936 and 1946. all modern digital computers are derivatives of this architecture

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Who invented the PC and in what year?

The first electronic computer was invented in 1946 at the University of Pennsylvania. It is called ENIAC.


How could Charles Baggage invent the electronic computer if he was born in 1791 and it was invented in 1641?

The electronic computer was not invented in 1641, there was no electronics in 1641. The electronic computer was invented in the 1940s. Charles Babbage did invent the programmable digital computer, the Analytical Engine, but it was mechanical not electronic.


When were computer made?

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Atansoff


In what year electronic mails were invented?

Electronic mail was invented in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson. He was in the US when he invented it.


Where was the computer invented in?

Z3, an electromechanical programmable computer was invented in Berlin. ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer was invented at the University of Pennsylvania.


When was hybrid computer invented?

Uncertain, but sometime in the early 1950s when an off the shelf electronic analog computer was interfaced to an electronic digital computer.


Who invended the first computer?

Charles Babbage invented the first electronic computer


When was the electronic computer discovered?

Never, because it did not preexist its use by humans. The electronic computer (both digital & analog) was invented.


How invented the first electronic computer?

John Vincent Atanasoff


What year computer was invent?

The first electronic computer was invented sometime in the mid 20th century, 1940-1945.


Which was the first electronic digital computer and who invented it?

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