History of Computers

By jgooch
  • First Computer Was Invented

    First Computer Was Invented

    Charles Babbage was the 1st person to create the computer. The computer could only compute sets of numbers and make copies of the numbers.
  • Analytical Engine

    Analytical Engine

    After the first computer Charles Babbage went for bigger goals and created a computer with arithmetic logic unit, flow control, and integrated memory. Charles died before he could finish the computer. Later in 1991, his son finished the computer for him.

  • Henry Prevost Babbage Finishes the First Analytical Engine

    Henry Prevost Babbage finished Charles Babbage first analytical engine. THis engine could do basic calculations.
  • First Programable Computer

    First Programable Computer

    Konrad Zuse was the scientist behind creating the first Computer Computer. This computer was known as the first functional computer becuase it could do more than make hard copies of numbers.

  • Atanasoff-Berry Computer Was Created

    This was known as the first digital computer. The Atanasoff-Berry Computer lacked a CPU(computer processing unit) , but could do binary math.
  • First Electric Programmable Computer

    First Electric Programmable Computer

    Tommy Flowers created the first electric programmable computer to help the British read coded German messages. They called this computer the Collosus.

  • First Stored Programmed Computer

    This comptuer was created by the Brithish. This was the first computer to run a computer game.

  • Spacewar Computer Game

    Steve Russell & MIT Create Spacewar! The first ever Computer game.

  • The Computer Mouse was Invented

    Douglas Engelbart Created the mouse in 1964. Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end.

  • The first consumer Computer.

    Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers were the first computer sold to consumers The computers sold through 1974-75.