Saturday, August 16, 2008

Who-Invented-the-Computer

Much has been written about who invented the computer. There have been many arguments of this seemingly simple question. It was in 1939 that John V. Atanasoff and Clifford Berry developed the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) at Iowa State University. It was regarded as the first electronic digital computer. The ABC was consisted of over 300 Vacuum Tubes and had capacitors fixed in a mechanically rotating drum for memory, all done by hand.

Who invented the computer?
Whe invented the computer?

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