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Charles Babbage invented the ALU, which has lead people to continue to make more complex and smart computers. -
The Colossus Computer was designed and created by Tommy Flowers to aid in World War 2. -
The ARPANET was first computer network. It was invented by Bob Taylor, but they shut it down in the 80's. This helped create the World Wide Web. -
The first personal computer was called Kenbak-1. It didn't have very much memory and only had one circuit board. -
The WWW was invented by Tim Berners-Lee. The WWW was, surprisingly, originally intended for scientists to converse. It was discontinued because we created smarter technology, and didn't need the World Wide Web anymore.