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Computer History

  • 🔹 Abacus (3000 BC) – The first known calculator, used for basic arithmetic.
  • 🔹 Pascaline (1642) – Blaise Pascal created a mechanical calculator.
  • 🔹 Leibniz Machine (1673) – An improved version of Pascal’s calculator.

  • 🔹 Charles Babbage (1837) – Designed the Analytical Engine, an early concept of a computer.
  • 🔹 Ada Lovelace – The first computer programmer! She wrote the first-ever algorithm.

  • 🔹 ENIAC (1945) – The first electronic computer, as big as a room!
  • 🔹 UNIVAC (1951) – The first commercial computer.

  • 🔹 Microprocessors (1971) – Tiny chips made computers smaller and faster.
  • 🔹 Personal Computers (1980s) – PCs like IBM and Apple became popular.
  • 🔹 Laptops & Smartphones (2000s) – Computers became portable.
  • 🔹 Artificial Intelligence (Now & Future) – Computers are learning to think like humans!

Charles Babbage is called the "Father of the Computer" because he designed the first-ever computer, the Analytical Engine.