History of the Computer

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  • Invention of the computer.

    Charles Babbage invents difference and analytical engines as mechanical computers. The analytical engine was the first based on the logical structure that is nearly identical to modern computers.;
  • Ada Lovelace wrote the first computer programme

    Ada Lovelace writes the first computer program in the world before the first programmable computer was created.
  • The invention of the Turing Machine

    He invented one of the core concepts of theoretical computer science, The Turing Machine. He also helped crack the Enigma code.
  • Invention of the Harvard Mark 1 computer

    Grace Hopper invented the Harvard Mark 1 computer and helped develop advanced software programs and tools to make programming computers easier.
  • The invention of the ENIAC

    Mauchly and Eckert invented the ENIAC, the world's first large-scale general purpose electronic computer.
  • The programming on the ENIAC

    The ENIAC programmers programmed the ENIAC computer, and also helped develop concepts like subroutines and nesting.
  • Development of ISA bus

    Mark Dean developed the ISA bus, and lead a design team for making a one-gigahertz computer processor chip.