Jun 14, 2025 · The Colossus was the first electric programmable computer, developed by Tommy Flowers, and was first demonstrated in December 1943. The Colossus was created to help the …

ENIAC (/ ˈɛniæk /; Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) [1][2] was the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer, completed in 1945. [3][4] Other …

Oct 20, 2023 · The first computer that resembled the modern machines we see today was invented by Charles Babbage between 1833 and 1871. He developed a device, the analytical …

Jan 24, 2022 · Although Frenchman Joseph Marie Jacquard’s punch card loom preceded it by some two decades, the first mechanical computer is almost universally accepted to have been …

Oct 17, 2025 · Until this breakthrough, all the mechanical aids to calculation were merely calculators or, like the Difference Engine, glorified calculators. The Analytical Engine, although …

Conceived by Harvard physics professor Howard Aiken, and designed and built by IBM, the Harvard Mark 1 is a room-sized, relay-based calculator. The machine had a fifty-foot long …

May 11, 2025 · Charles Babbage invented a device called the Analytical Engine, which was the first true computer idea. The Analytical Engine could solve many problems and was the first …

The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) aka "the Giant Brian" (1945) was the first electronic general-purpose digital computer. It was fully reprogrammable and so, able to …

Historians still argue about who built the first genuine computer, but it’s generally agreed that engineers in the US and Britain both succeeded in creating electronic machines embodying …

Dec 8, 2024 · Before we discuss who created the first computer, let’s clarify something—there wasn’t just one “first computer.” Instead, the computer evolved through various …