Computers

The father of computer technology name was Charles Babbage

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The computer was invented by man to help him process data more efficiently. Its evolution started with rudimentary calculating aids (mechanical) devised in the 17th century with improvements being made step by step to arrive at the advanced devices we have today.

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Generally, they were called Vacuum Tubes.

There were many different kinds and models, such as the Selectron, and Williams Tube. Their purpose was to store data by using a complex electro-magnetic electron transferral process. This allowed them to store very small amounts of data per tube. Since they were electrically driven, cutting the power on them would cause data loss- the computer had to be on 24/7. Later developments of the technology solved this problem.

There were also non-tube based memories such as UNIVAC's Mercury Delay Line Memory, Piezoelectric crystal memory, magnetorestrictive coils, bubble memory, drum memory, twistor memory, and the most popular Core memory, or Magnetic Core memory.

making the transistors that run your computer

Charles Babbage

first answer: The military started to use computer aided simulation in around 2001, in march. Mostly with target practice to save paper.

second answer: I was in the US Army, I was involved in fairly detailed computer simulations (war-games) in the mid-1980's. The US Air Force & US Navy would have begun using them in the 1970's. These were simulations involving units, not individual soldiers or pilots.

third generation of computer are larger than fourth generation.

they are slower than fourth generation.

IC chips were used whereas in fourth generation microprocessor were used.

fourth generation consumed less electricity than third generation.

cost was drastically decreased.

speed was increased.

They entered the programs, which was a task beneath the male mathematicians that designed the programs.

The technology itself, silicon chips and so forth, and the ability to mass produce and make the technology affordable.

The earliest example of an analogue computer - is the 'Difference Engine' - invented by English-man Charles Babbage. Check out Wikipedia for either the equipment or the person for more detailed information.

Ever since the first computer, advances in technology made it possible to maker smaller and smaller computers. The 50's reduced the size of computers drasticly with the invention of the transistor, which replaced the old glass vaccum valves.

Jack Kirby, development engineer for Texas instruments is credited with the first microchip, the critical technology for microcomputers, The first one was made in 1958.

That is a difficult and well debated question. It depends what you define as a computer. Electronic computers only go back to the 1940s. However there were many mechanical computing devices for centuries before that. If you want to really go back you can say that the first computer was a simple device invented over 5000 years ago and still in use in many schools today, namely the abacus.

The first 'Tandy Color Computer' was referred to as the 'Radio Shack Color Computer'. It wasn't until near the end of the second version of the color computer (There were three in total) that the name was changed to the 'Tandy Color Computer 2'. The first version, as with the others, was developed by the Tandy Corporation (parent company of Radio Shack). The original color computer used the Motorola MC6809E microprocessor as the primary CPU, MC6847 VDG (Video Display Chip), The MC6883 SAM (Synchronous Address Multiplexer), and two Peripheral Interface Adapter chips (for Input/Output). That, plus RAM and ROM comprised the heart of the machine. The original machine came with 4k of RAM and 8k of ROM (color basic). Ultimately, Tandy released an extension to color basic (extended color basic), bringing the ROM to 16k, and RAM upgrades to 16, 32, and ultimately 64k. The original color computer had the standard 'Tandy Gray' color and a 'calulator style' 'chicklet' keyboard. The final revisions of the first color computer did convert to a white case. The next version of the color computer was functionally identical to the first in nearly every respect, and had an improved, but still flat keyboard, which was eventually changed to a full travel keyboard. The internal workings were improved, but retained the same basic chip layout for CPU, Video, SAM, and PIA. The last computer in the line was the Tandy color computer 3, which added 4 keyboard keys (control, alt, F1, and F2), and much of the internal workings were condensed to a single chip. The Video and Address chips were condensed to a single Chip (GIME)or 65424 Chip. This chip emulated all supported modes of the original machines, but left out some upsupported, (but non the less sometimes used) 'semi graphics' modes. It did however increase the resolution and color set over the older systems. By the end of life cycle of the color computer, it had a huge following which lives on today in a small, but active vintage community and emulators, but by the early 90's, it was clear that the majority of the market was going the PC compatilble route, and the color computer 3 was discontinued.

Intel makes a large number of chips. Their headquarters are in Santa Clara, California, USA. But they have manufacturing plants in several countries. Most computer parts that are made in America are made in California. But today, most of it is made in China, Japan, and Taiwan.

If you mean computers as a final product, you can add Mexico, Greenock, Rochester and Santa Palomba to that list amongst others.

These are three main type of computers: Personal computer :- For Home and Business applications Server :-For Commercial use and data storage Super computers :- For Military, research work and weather forecasting

Although the major peripheral product segments experienced solid growth in the late 1990s, conditions changed during the early 2000s, as the economy worsened.

the Z1 was created by Conrad Zuse in 1936, its considered to be the first electro mechanical binary programmable computer

I have books of over 600 pages in length that individually cover very small portions of the history of computers. Any attempt to combine these to get a complete history of computers from the beginnings in the 1940s to now is hopeless. Even a summary would be much too long to post here and thus be out of scope for this site.

If I were to make such an attempt I would have it published as a multivolume set and try to make some money on it for my effort at research. I doubt you would read the set as the selling price would likely be a few thousand dollars.

From The ENIAC Story ... The original agreement between the United States of America and the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, dated June 5, 1943, called for six months of "research and development of an electronic numerical integrator and computer and delivery of a report thereon." This initial contract committed $61,700 in U.S. Army Ordnance funds. Nine supplements to this contract extended the work to 1946, increased the amount ultimately to a total of $486,804.22, assigned technical supervision to the Ballistic Research Laboratories, and called for the delivery of a working "pilot model," first to be operable at the University of Pennsylvania and then to be delivered to the Ballistic Research Laboratories at the Aberdeen Proving Ground. From this point forward, the research staff and faculty of the Moore School under Dr. Pender undertook rigorous prosecution of the development pursuant to the terms of the Ordnance contract. The project was placed under the supervision of Professor Brainerd, with Mr. Eckert as chief engineer and Dr. Mauchly, who provided the original outline for this development, as principal consultant. Captain Goldstine, the resident supervisor for the Ordnance Department, not only exercised extraordinarily detailed and highly competent supervision for the Government but also contributed greatly to the mathematical side of this undertaking. As in all important undertakings which achieve important results, this was the work of many individuals. The ENIAC was placed in operation at the Moore School, component by component, beginning with the cycling unit and an accumulator in June 1944. This was followed in rapid succession by the initiating unit and function tables in September 1945 and the divider and square-root unit in October 1945. Final assembly took place during the fall of 1945. By today's standards for electronic computers the ENIAC was a grotesque monster. Its thirty separate units, plus power supply and forced-air cooling, weighed over thirty tons. Its 19,000 vacuum tubes, 1,500 relays, and hundreds of thousands of resistors, capacitors, and inductors consumed almost 200 kilowatts of electrical power. But ENIAC was the prototype from which most other modern computers evolved. It embodied almost all the components and concepts of today's high- speed, electronic digital computers. Its designers conceived what has now become standard circuitry such as the gate (logical "and" element), buffer (logical "or" element) and used a modified Eccles-Jordan flip-flop as a logical, high-speed storage-and-control device. The machine's counters and accumulators, with more sophisticated innovations, were made up of combinations of these basic elements. ... SOURCE: http://ftp.arl.army.mil/~mike/comphist/eniac-story.html