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mblac77
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Who is the guy who invented the computer?

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Posted by mblac77 on Monday May 11, 2009 at 9:31 PM and tagged with computer, invention, technology.

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  1. marlon0607 Student
    High School - 11th Grade

    Rate my answer please...."Who invented the computer?" is not a question with a simple answer. The real answer is that many inventors contributed to the history of computers and that a computer is a complex piece of machinery made up of many parts, each of which can be considered a separate invention. 1936 Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computer First freely programmable computer. 1942 John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry
    ABC Computer Who was first in the computing biz is not always as easy as ABC. 1944 Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper
    Harvard Mark I Computer The Harvard Mark 1 computer. 1946 John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
    ENIAC 1 Computer 20,000 vacuum tubes later... 1948 Frederic Williams & Tom Kilburn
    Manchester Baby Computer & The Williams Tube Baby and the Williams Tube turn on the memories. 1947/48 John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley
    The Transistor No, a transistor is not a computer, but this invention greatly affected the history of computers. 1951 John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
    UNIVAC Computer First commercial computer & able to pick presidential winners. 1953 International Business Machines
    IBM 701 EDPM Computer IBM enters into 'The History of Computers'. 1954 John Backus & IBM
    FORTRAN Computer Programming Language The first successful high level programming language.

    1955
    (In Use 1959)

    Stanford Research Institute, Bank of America, and General Electric
    ERMA and MICR The first bank industry computer - also MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) for reading checks. 1958 Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce
    The Integrated Circuit Otherwise known as 'The Chip' 1962 Steve Russell & MIT
    Spacewar Computer Game The first computer game invented. 1964 Douglas Engelbart
    Computer Mouse & Windows Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end. 1969 ARPAnet The original Internet. 1970 Intel 1103 Computer Memory The world's first available dynamic RAM chip. 1971 Faggin, Hoff & Mazor
    Intel 4004 Computer Microprocessor The first microprocessor. 1971 Alan Shugart &IBM
    The "Floppy" Disk Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility. 1973 Robert Metcalfe & Xerox
    The Ethernet Computer Networking Networking. 1974/75 Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers The first consumer computers. 1976/77 Apple I, II & TRS-80 & Commodore Pet Computers More first consumer computers. 1978 Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston
    VisiCalc Spreadsheet Software Any product that pays for itself in two weeks is a surefire winner. 1979 Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby
    WordStar Software Word Processors. 1981 IBM
    The IBM PC - Home Computer From an "Acorn" grows a personal computer revolution 1981 Microsoft
    MS-DOS Computer Operating System From "Quick And Dirty" comes the operating system of the century. 1983 Apple Lisa Computer The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface. 1984 Apple Macintosh Computer The more affordable home computer with a GUI. 1985 Microsoft Windows Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple.
    Sources:
    http://inventors.about.com/library/blcoindex.htm

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    Posted by marlon0607 on Tuesday May 12, 2009 at 4:46 PM

  2. pixiehollow
    pixiehollow Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    Konrad Zuse

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    Posted by pixiehollow on Tuesday September 1, 2009 at 2:49 PM