Computer Technology in the 1940's

By bethanyg13

  • Complex Number Calculator (CNC)

    The Complex Number Calculator is completed in 1939. It was designed by George Stibitz and demonstrated in 1940, at the American Mathematical Society conference.
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    1940's

  • Z3 Computer

    The Z3 was used for aerodynamic calculations and was created by Konrad Zuse. The original computer was destroyed in a Berlin bombing in 1943.

  • The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)

    This computer was the first automatic electronic digital computer, designed and completed by Professor John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford Berry.

  • Bell Labs Relay Interpolator

    Commissioned by the US Army, Bell Laboratories designed a machine to assist in directing the M-9 gun. This machine was a relay-based calculator model.

  • Harvard Mark 1

    Howard Aiken designed the Mark 1 and it was built by IBM. The Harvard Mark 1 is a room-sized, relay-based calculator.

  • Plankalkül

    Konrad Zuse begins work on Plankalkül (Plan Calculus), the first algorithmic programming language.