Modern computers began with mechanical devices built by a british mathematician called Charles Babbage, eventually Charles designed a machine that could read punch cards, making this machine programmable.
Many, many years later an inventor named Herman Hollerith created a machine similar to Charles, but was powered by electricity.
During the start of WW2, US and European nations began building computers that ran solely off electricity, representing numbers and operations.
Long after this, and after computers had advanced quite a bit, two people named Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple, so that computers could be for everyone.
Works Cited
“Computer History - BrainPOP.” Www.Brainpop.com, www.brainpop.com/technology/computerscience/computerhistory/.
If you read through history, it's amazing how much war has fueled the development of technology, just like you said it did for the computer in your post. Of course, I like computers much better now that they are accessible and for everyday use. I'll have to thank Steve Jobs that I'm even able to write this comment to you!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading this. I play video games on the computer all the time but I never really think about how they became what they are today. It was interesting to learn how they became so advanced!
ReplyDeleteI really liked your post. While playing minecraft, I never really think how the computer I am playing on was made. I would love to hear more about computers.
ReplyDeleteI thought this was a great topic to write about and it goes great with the timing of our lives right now because we have to use computers a lot more now. Great work!
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