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Where the name came from
The word "computer" was first recorded as being used in 1613 and originally was used to describe a human who performed calculations or computations. -
The inventor was
The first mechanical computer, created by Charles Babbage in 1822, doesn't really resemble what most would consider a computer today. -
Charles Babbage proposed the first general mechanical computer
In 1837, Charles Babbage proposed the first general mechanical computer, the Analytical Engine. -
His youngest son completed a portion of the machine
In 1910, Henry Babbage, Charles Babbage's youngest son, was able to complete a portion of this machine and was able to perform basic calculations. -
The turing machine was first proposed
The Turing machine was first proposed by Alan Turing in 1936 and became the foundation for theories about computing and computers. -
The Z1 was created
The Z1 was created by German Konrad Zuse in his parents' living room between 1936 and 1938. It is considered to be the first electro-mechanical binary programmable computer, and the first really functional modern computer. -
The first programmable computer
The Colossus was the first electric programmable computer, developed by Tommy Flowers, and first demonstrated in December 1943. -
The museum completed the job
In June of 1991, the London Science Museum completed the Difference Engine No 2 for the bicentennial year of Babbage's birth and later completed the printing mechanism in 2000.
