History Of Computers

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Who invented the Stepped Reckoner

Gottfred Leibnez

who was the first to use an abacus ???

The Babylonians

When did they use the Abacus ???

in 200 B.C. before the Greeks used it in calculating

Who Proved that a Machine capable of processing a stream of 1's and 0's was capable of solving any problem

Alan Turning

What happened in bletchly park in world war 2

People would try to use computers to break codes

who started the company google

backrub

Who invented Debugging ???H

Dr. Grace Murray Hopper

How old was Bill Gates when he first got interested in Computer programing ???

13 years old

Where were the first integrated circuts used ???

1959 - they were first used in calculators (Jack Kilbby made integrated circuts )

When was apples 1st computer sold

1996 for 600 $

When was the 1st iPod sold first sold

2001

when was Wikipedia founded

2001

when did YouTube first appear online

2005

Who invented the Difference engine and analytical engine ???

Charles Babage

What does the stepped Reckoner do that Blaise Pascal's Machine couldn't ( Mr.Leibnez He made his machine only 30 years after pascal made his calculator -the 1st calculator)

His Machine could Add Subtract MULTIPLY AND DIVIDE !!!

Who invented the machine and how heavy was it

Howard Aiken invented ASCC COMPUTER it weigd 35 tons and had 500 miles of wiring in it (HE WAS SUPPORTED BY IBM )

Who did Bill Gates Talk into letting him create their operating system

IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUISNESS MACHINES)

Why did Blaise Pascal invent the first calculator ???

In 1645 Blaise Pascal invented the 1st calculator to help with Taxes , it could add & subtract by rotating dials

Who helped Babbage in his work ???

Lady Augusta Ada

What was the problem with using Valves in computers

They would overheat and blow up

who invented the Machine known as "Collussus"

Tommy Flowers and Alan Turning


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