I have
decided to do my final project on the history of computers. In my project I
will be discussing the how computers and technology has become more popular and
advanced throughout time.
The word computer was officially
recorded in 1613. In that time the word computer meant a person who made
calculations and computations.
In 1822
Charles Babbage began trying to develop what he called the Difference Engine,
it was thought to be the first official automatic machine that was capable of
of doing several sets of numbers and making copies of the results. Charles
Babbage did not have enough money to complete his machine.
Charles later tried to invent a similar
machine called the Analytical Engine. This machine had Arithmetic Logic Unit
(ALU) basic flow, and an integrated memory and the first it was the first
general concept. Babbage still did not have enough money to finish this
project, so the machine was not finished in while Charles Babbage was living.
Konrad Zuse
was from Germany, he made the Z1 in his parent’s living room in 1936 to 1938
made the first modern day computer that was somewhat functional.
Tommy
Flowers made the Colossus which was the first programmable computer, that
computer was created in December of 1943.
A computer
made in 1949 a computer that was called the EDSAC. It was the first computer to
record calculations. The EDSAC made its first calculations in May of 1949.
As I go through
my project about the history of computer I hope to learn about modern
technology.
Charles
Babbage’s Deference Engine
