Computers

From the very first computer to the modern day computers we use now technology has changed a lot. The first computers were developed between 1940 and 1945 by the U.S and the UK. At one time computers were as big as a large room but now they can be as small as mobile phones. A computer has at least one processing element usually a central processing unit or CPU and some kind of memory. Now days we have PCs or personal computers which are powered by small batteries. The many forms of personal computers are icons of information age which is what most people think of as computers. The first time the word “computer” was recorded in 1613 to refer to someone who did calculations this continued till the 20th century. The history of the computer began with two technologies calculation and programmability. Here is a timeline. In 1934 Konrad Zuse computer 1942 ABC computer 1944 Harvard Mark I computer 1946 ENIAC computer 1948 Manchester baby computer 1947/48 the Transitioner 1951 UNIVAC computer 1953 IBM computer 1954 Fortran computer 1958 ERMA and the MICR 1962 Spacewar computer game 1971 Intel core processor 1973 the Ethernet computer networking 1975/77 the Scelbi 1978 VisiCalc 1979 Word star 1981 IBM home personal computer And so on till we got the things like Ipads, I phones, laptops, and everything we enjoy today. These were all great computers, processors, and accessories in the times that they were created by many different companies and people. And in some of the times they were created is surprising because of things like the bad economy, money, war, ECT. Without these older accomplishments we would not have any of the things we have today this is why we should not take these things for granted or mock the past.