How Did We Get Here?: The History of the Modern Computer

What is the first computer? Is there really the first thing? More importantly, have you finally put your smartphone in your pocket? A computer that is still working? A smart watch still on the wrist? Where did these mysterious things come from?

I am here to answer these questions and more questions, for example what is the first laptop? Still the first smartphone? How do you get here?

It is not programmable, it is only used to solve a non-Turing complete, linear equation. It has pioneered an important element of modern computing

It is used to calculate the possibility of the US Army Ballistic Institute's artillery shooting table and thermal nuclear weapons research.

Who: invented by Italian engineer Pier Giorgio Perotto and made by Italian manufacturer Olivetti

It is used in school days, hospitals, government offices, etc. It is a beggar in the PC era.

Who: Designed by Steve Wozniak selling by his friends Steve Jobs and Apple Computer, handmade

It is not a complete kit: case, power transformer, power switch, ASCII keyboard, composite video display required

A series of advertisements using Charlie · Chaplin's "Little Wanderer" character.

Listed on Guinnes World Records, which is the best-selling stand-alone model so far - Price is $ 12.5 million to $ 17 million.

We have developed about 10,000 software titles including development tools, office applications and video games.

Desktop video, video production, program control services as well as games and programming demonstrations are popular

Includes calendar, booking scheduler, address book, world time recorder, notepad, world time recorder, handwritten notes, and screen keyboard.

Recent computer technology can not deal with these times. So far, many technology companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Lenovo, Dell, Samsung, HP, and even Google have been successful. The highlights of recent years are as follows.

Who knows what will happen in the future? Optical computer? DNA computer? Neural computer? Quantum computer?

History of computers Although the first devices similar to modern computers dates back to the middle of the 20th century (around 1940 to 1945), various computers similar to computer concepts and computers existed before. Early computers seemed to be big rooms, consuming as much power as hundreds of modern personal computers. Modern computers are based on micro integrated circuits, which can generate millions of dollars to billions of dollars while occupying a small amount of space. - Computer programming became a very contemporary work dating back to the 19th century, and created the first analytical instrument (Moore). Later on, we developed complex algorithms that are everywhere, and we saw modern technology. Although the history of computer programming is long, it is a very interesting topic that can be easily understood and related to a wonderful invention that has helped to change the historical process over the years.

Modern computer programs are the most complicated ones known to humans, but the foundation of these programs is found in ancient history. Devices like the Antikythera mechanism use a similar way of thinking. More modern sliding rules apply to the common principles of computation. TCP - a very important internet protocol - probably could have been created independently by ants millions years ago. Whatever specific skill you acquire, you should explore the deeper principles. Ideally, you need to master specific skills by revealing more general patterns. Quick learning usually means linking new information to existing concepts in your brain. This is part of why analogy is such a powerful learning tool