Who Did Actually Invent the Computer [aboutcomputer99.blogspot.com]

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Question by : How were things done before the invention of computer? So, the computer was invented to make calculating easier, right ? My question is; Before the computer, how were things done to solve whatever the problems were? Im talking about way back before the computer. Like a century ago ? uhmm guys, no duhh! i know its called "thinking and brain" and i know that they used pen and paper. im not stupid , but be more specific ,, please. like how was things done in hospital, business, school... etc. Best answer for How were things done before the invention of computer?:

Answer by Morgan
Uhm. By using their heads and thinking.

Answer by mark a
with a hammer and chisel.

Answer by skullzgurl666
It's called using your BRAIN. You know, people actually writing things with PEN AND PAPER. Oh wait, what's that? Is it like typing on a computer?

Answer by B
By learning how to solve the problem, not just input data, and, using a pen and paper, calculate the answer step by step. BTW, the computer is much less than a century old. In response to the additional details, my response stands: pen and paper. Paper files instead of computer files. Books, and thinking.

Answer by Tiny B
We used (paper) file folders for administration. We had logarithm tables and slide rules for maths (we could find the cube root for a number by looking up its log, dividing that by two and looking up that number again in the table). And the abacus has been used for calculations for almost 5000 years. Then there were astrolabes for navigation (at sea) and from the 19th century there were devices we'd now call analog computers, like the differential analyzer for differential equations, the Kerrison Predictor for anti-aircraft fire and the tide-predicting machine. I think you van say people have always been thinking of ways to leave the thinking to something else :)

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Jeremy Clarkson takes a look at the history of the computer. Sorry for the less then stellar quality, but so-so copy is better then no copy.

aboutcomputer99.blogspot.com Inventions That Changed The World - The Computer - Part 1/6

There are a lot of people who don't agree when the first computer was built; in fact many say that the first actual conception of the idea of a computer was by J. H. Smith in 1782. He however never built the computer. His concept was called a difference engine.

Difference engines were put on the backburner until 1822, when Charles Babbage picked up the concept. He created a machine that used a decimal number system, and was powered by the cranking of a handle. Babbage was financed in his research by the British government, but they later would cut that support off.

This did not stop Babbage though, he went on to design a more analytical machine, but later on he made it more improved and put out a difference engine #2, all this happened between 1834 and 1869. Babbage made leaps and bounds in his designs.

Still other people will argue that Babbage's machine was the first electronic computer. While an earlier concept was made called the Antikythera machi ne, which was a mechanic device that was used to calculate the position of astrological signs.

This "earliest computer" was discovered on a shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea, and it dates back to 250 BC. It's not known who designed this early device but it has been guessed to be designed by Archimedes, because it is similar to some of his other mechanical devices.

However, there are still other people who will argue that the abacus was truly the first computer. These were invented in China somewhere between 2600 BC and 300 BC. These abacus were used by clerks and merchants in China, they are felt to be the first computer by many people.

Alan Turing who was from Cambridge UK, he was drafted to the Bletchley park secret base where the work was being done on the WW3 enigma codes that the Germans were using. It was kept top secret until recently the name of this computer was Colossus; it was smashed into pieces at the end of the war.

The first known "mod ern computer" was invented during WWII, done by a German engineer named Konrad Zuse in 1941. This computer was named the Z3. It was an analog computer that was designed to stimulate the guidance system for rockets.

With some research it was found that Babbage did not build a complete machine. Thus it would be Zuse who invented the first electronic computer.

Thus to truly answer who invented the computer it's not really simple. Really you have to say who all contributed to the make up of the computer. So many different people in history helped with these inventions, by their failures and successes.

So over all the first electronic computer was invented by John Vincent Ansoff. It was named the ABC, which stood for Anatasoff Berry Computer.

A lot of people would feel that IBM was the first in designing the PC, but really prior to them was the MITS Altair 8800, Apple II, TRS80, the Atari 800, and of course the Commodore 64. Still others say Altair was not first, but instead it was the Simon by Berkley Enterprises.

So as you can see who invented the first computer is really up for grabs, and will be forever. But let's thank all these people who came up with an incredible machine that is hard to live our lives without.

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