Technology Evolution Timeline: Computers

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  • Period: 200 to 80

    First Analog computer

    In 200BCE-80BCE, A mechanical analog computer designed to calculate astronomical positions, representing the earliest known device of comparable complexity to the Antikythera mechanism
  • Analytical Engine

    Analytical Engine

    Babbage envisioned the Analytical Engine as a mechanical device with a memory, sequential control, and instructions from punched cards, laying the groundwork for the modern digital computer, though it was never fully built in his lifetime
  • Mechanical analog

    Mechanical analog

    This mechanical analog computer was the first modern analog computer, used to solve certain classes of differential equations.
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    First Generation

    The First Generation of computers
  • Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)

    Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)

    The first electronic digital computer, but it was not general-purpose or programmable.
  • Colossus code breaking Computer

    Colossus code breaking Computer

    The first electronic programmable computer, developed in Britain to help with code-breaking during World War II
  • Electronic Computer

    Electronic Computer

    The first electronic, general-purpose digital computer, it was significantly faster than previous machines and was able to solve a wide range of numerical problems.
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    Second Generation

    2nd Generation of computers
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    Third Generation

    3rd Generation of computers
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    Fourth Generation

    4th Generation of computers
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    Computers Common in homes

    Computers became more common in homes, leading to the ubiquitous devices we use today

  • The use of AI in Computers

    AI processing is increasingly happening on local devices instead of in the cloud. Edge computing reduces latency and enhances privacy for applications in sectors like healthcare, smart manufacturing, and IoT.