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Desiging the Difference Machice
Charles Babbage was the inventor of the first "computer". Although Charles had neither the funds or support, he created a design for a machine that could calculate simple problems. He was not able to build his creation in real life, but the engine was built by the Lodon Science Museum in 1991. It worked. http://techland.time.com/2011/11/10/who-really-invented-the-computer/ http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/computing_and_data_processing/1992-556.aspx http://www.computerhistory.org/ -
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The History of the Computer
The word 'computer' in 1800s and before that was a name used for a person that solved computation problems. Today, the word 'computer' is an electronical machine that can process data, usually in binary form. https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=what is a computer -
The Analytical Engine
Since Charles Babbage wasn't able to create his Difference Engine correctly, he tuned his attention to other devices. He invented the Analytical Engine, which was more ambitious than the Difference Machine. The Analytical Engine had many important principles found in modern computers. Charles also wasn't able to create his machine in real life. http://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/history/ www.sciencemuseum.org.uk -
The Analog Computer
John Vincent Atanasoff invented the Analog Computer for analyzing surface geometry. He also invented the Atanasoff-Berry Computer with Clifford Berry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vincent_Atanasoff http://www.turing.org.uk/scrapbook/computer.html www.jameco.com -
The Z3
Konrad Zuse built the first fully functional programmable computer, the Z3. http://people.idsia.ch/~juergen/zuse.html www.deutsches-museum.de -
ENIAC
The ENIAC was the first general purpose computer. It was one thousand times faster than electro-mechanical machines. It had a high failure rate, though, and it often burned out several octal-base radio tubes a day. The longest the machine went without failing waa about 5 days. It was invented by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert. www.youtube.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC http://www.turing.org.uk/scrapbook/computer.html https://en.wikipedia.org https://www.google.com/webhp?source -
EDSAC Computer
The EDSAC Computer was the second electronic digital stored program computer that went into regular service. The project was lead by Maurice Wilkes and his team. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Delay_Storage_Automatic_Calculator ed-thelen.org -
UNIVAC
The UNIVAC is one of the first commercial computers. The first UNIVAC was delivered on Jne 14th, 1951. It was created by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly. http://www.thocp.net/hardware/univac.htm en.wikipedia.org -
The Z4
Konrad Zuse created the Z4 and released it a couple months beofre the first sale of the UNIVAC. It was the first commercial computer released in the world. http://people.idsia.ch/~juergen/zuse.html en.wikipedia.org -
Apple 1
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were cofouders of the company Apple, a company that changed computers forever. Ronald Wayne was a friend of them both and helped them out with their company. http://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/apple/history-of-apple-steve-jobs-what-happened-mac-computer-3606104/ newsdesk.si.edu -
iMac
The iMac is the most recent Apple computer and is capable of a lot more things than what Babbage's plans could even dream of. http://imac.macrumors.com/ www.amazon.com
