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What is History of computer?
Charles Babbage :-
Charles Babbage was considered to be the father of computing after his invention and concept of the Analytical Engine in 1837. The Analytical Engine contained an Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU), basic flow control, and integrated memory; hailed as the first general-purpose computer concept.
in 1910 Henry Babbage, Charles Babbage's youngest son was able to complete a portion of the machine that could perform basic calculations.
Father of the computer :-
There are several people who can be considered the father of the computer including Alan Turing, John Atanasoff, and John von Neumann. However, for the purpose of this document we're going to be considering Konrad Zuse as the father of the computer with his development of the Z1, Z2, Z3, and Z4.
In 1936 to 1938 Konrad Zuse created the Z1 in his parent's living room. The Z1 consisted of over 30,000 metal parts and is considered to be the first electro-mechanical binary programmable computer. In 1939, the German military commissioned Zuse to build the Z2, which was largely based on the Z1. Later, he completed the Z3 in May of 1941, the Z3 was a revolutionary computer for its time and is considered the first electromechanical and program-controlled computer. Finally, on July 12, 1950, Zuse completed and shipped the Z4 computer, which is considered to be the first commercial computer.
Father of the personal computer :-
Ed RobertsHenry Edward Roberts coined the term "personal computer" and is considered to be the father of the modern personal computers after he released of the Altair 8800 on December 19, 1974. It was later published on the front cover of Popular Electronics in 1975 making it an overnight success.
By August 1975, over 5,000 Altair 8800 personal computers were sold; starting the personal computer revolution.
The first digital computers were developed between 1940 to 1945.
Konrad Zuse, In 1941 developed “Z3”, the first modern computing machine.
Konrad Zuse is regarded as “the inventor of computers”.
ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator & Computer) was the first US-built electronic computer.
ENIAC was developed by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert.
The world’s first stored-program computer was “Manchester Baby” developed in 1948.
The “Manchester Baby” was a small-scale experimental computer developed in Victoria university of Manchester.
In the 1st generation of computers, Computers were built with vacuum tubes.
In 1957, FORTRAN (Formula Translator) was introduced.
Computers were built with Transistors in the 2nd generation of computers.
In the 3rd generation of computers, Transistors were replaced with Integrated Circuits.
In the 4th generation of computers, Microprocessors were used to built Computers.
In 1981, IBM PC with Intel processors and MS-Dos were introduced.
In 1984, Macintosh Computers were introduced.
In 1985, Microsoft Windows GUI was introduced.
In 1989, Intel 486 computers were introduced.
In 1990, Windows 3.0 operating System for PCs was launched.
In 1991, the World Wide Web was introduced to the general public.
In 1991, Linux operating was developed.
In 1993, Intel’s Pentium was introduced.
In 1995, windows 95 operating system was made released.
In June, 1996 Windows 4.0 operating system was released.
On February 17, 2000, Windows 2000 was released.
Windows XP was released on 25th October, 2001.
On November 30th, 2006 Windows Vista was released.
On July 22nd 2009, Windows 7 was introduced.
On Windows 8, the successor of Windows 7 was released on October 28th, 2012.