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Charles babbage
Inventor of the difference engine, the sole idea that brought us to the nowadays computer -
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Computer History
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Difference Engine
The machine was created by Charles Babbage to calculate difficult equations, and correct human wrongs -
Colossus
To crack the German code during WWII -
ENIAC
Arguably the first computer (it is the first multi-purpose computer), ENIAC’s purpose was to calculate equations and formulas to hard for humans. -
Grace Hopper (bug in computer)
American programmer, well known for programming on the first few computers; she is well known for the bug in a computer incident, and since then humans have called it that -
Valves(a.k.a. Vacuum tubes)
A device used to control the electric current in a computer. In the case of Colossus, valves were used for boolean function (deciding whether something is true or false). -
Xerox PARC
A company that researches into making devices, which provided the first laser printers, graphical user interface, computer generated bitmap graphics etc. -
Iphone 2g
The first object to combine electronic properties together, inspiring other improvements, and now changes the way humans live. -
Intelligence of Computer able of beat Chess Grandmaster
By having a computer that is able to beat a chess Grandmaster, it proves that the intelligence of a computer is able to react and is as spatially aware as an experience human. -
Self-Driving Car
To let the elderly and visually impaired travel ‘easily and safely’, whether they can drive or not. Providing them the ability to visit loved ones. Release date: 2019 ( in 2014 some parts of US already legal)
