Who is the inventor of the computer?

Question 1: Who invented the computer? Strictly speaking, it is difficult to define who invented the computer.

The original meaning of computer is "calculator", that is to say, human beings will invent computers with the initial purpose of helping to deal with complex digital operations. The concept of manual calculator can be traced back to Pascal, a great French thinker in the 7th century. Pascal's father is the tax director. At that time, the monetary system was not decimal, so it was very troublesome to calculate. Pascal used the gear principle to assist his father and invented the first calculator that can add and subtract. Later, the German mathematician Leibniz improved it and invented a calculator that can do multiplication and division. After that, although the function of the calculator was improved and refined, the real electric calculator could not be manufactured until AD 1944.

The first machine that can really be called a computer was born in the United States in 1946. It was invented by Mao Qili and eckert, and its name is ENIAC. This computer uses vacuum tubes to process signals, so it is huge (occupying one room) and consumes high power (everyone in the town knows when to use it, because the lights in every household are dimmed! ), and the memory capacity is very low (only 100 words), but it is already a great progress in human science and technology. And we usually call this kind of computer using vacuum tube the first generation computer.

The first generation computers were as big as two classrooms and much smaller than the personal computers we usually use now. At that time, the computer part was a vacuum tube (now I can't find it), and what was archived was punch cards. Without the design concept of predecessors and the invention of computers, it is still difficult to define who invented computers.

Question 2: Who invented the computer? Who invented the first electronic computer in the world? The inventors of electronic computers mentioned in textbooks in China, most academic works and scientific popularization works are not real inventors. The real inventor is American John? Professor atanasoff.

Most books say that American Hungarian scientist von? John von neumann (1903- 1957) is the inventor of electronic computer, and has always been known as "the father of electronic computer". However, what about Feng? Neumann himself does not consider himself "the father of electronic computers". American physicist, who worked as von in Los Alamos laboratory? Frankl, Neumann's assistant, wrote in the letter: "Many people recommend Feng? Neumann is the "father of computers", but I'm sure he has never made this mistake himself. Maybe he can be properly called a midwife. But he once told me, and I believe he also told others that the basic concept of computer belongs to Turing if the related concepts put forward earlier by Babbage and Ada are not considered. In my opinion, Feng? Neumann's basic function is to let the world know the basic concepts introduced by Turing. " Is it Feng? Neumann himself personally transferred the title of "Father of Computers" to British scientist Allen? Turing (Allen M. Turing, 19 12- 1954). However, the real "father of computers" is neither Feng? Neumann, not Allen? Turing

Before 1973, most people in the computer field in the United States believed that the inventors of electronic computers were J. Mauchiy and P. Acott from Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, because they were the developers of the first electronic computer ENIAC (Eniac) with great practical value.

It is now recognized by the international computer community that the real inventor of the first electronic computer was John? Vincent. Atanasoff (John v atanasoff, 1903- 1995). In the international computer world, he is called "the father of electronic computers". Unfortunately, most people in the computer industry in China don't know this fact.

About who is the real inventor of electronic computer, American related persons atanasoff, Mochili and Acott once fought a long-running lawsuit, and the court heard it 135 times. Finally, a district court in the United States made a judgment. 1973 10 19. The court announced the verdict in public: "Mochili and Acott didn't invent the first computer, but only used the idea invented by atanasoff." The reason is that as early as 194 1, atanasoff told the inventor of ENIAC what Mochitari thought about electronic computers.

J.Atanasoft is a professor of physics at the University of Iowa. Atanasoff is a graduate student of Clifford? The electronic computer was invented with the help of Clifford E. Berry.

The first experimental prototype of electronic computer was put into operation in June 1939+00. This computer helps professors and graduate students at the University of Iowa solve some complicated mathematical equations. Atanasoff named this machine ABC(Atanasoff- Berry-puter), where A and B take the initials of their surnames respectively, and C is the initials of "computer".

After the birth of the first electronic computer, atanasoff and Berry didn't get the inventor's wreath.

Before atanasoff and Berry left, two improved ABC computers were already running. These two ABC computers are stored in the storage room of the physics building of the University of Iowa and gradually forgotten. 1946 due to insufficient quality, both machines were dismantled and the parts were used for other purposes, leaving only the memory part. The University of Iowa did not apply for a patent for ABC computer, which brought a long-lasting legal dispute to the invention right of electronic computer. The US District Court's ruling is correct, because the inventor of ENIAC, Mocelli, did visit the ABC computer of the University of Iowa and listened to atanasoff's introduction, which inspired him.

Atanasoff was born in Hamilton, Maryland, USA on 19031October 4th. He spent his childhood in Florida. His father is an expatriate in Bulgaria, and he won the highest scientific prize in Bulgaria. & gt

Question 3: Who invented the first computer in the world? Who invented the first electronic computer in the world? The inventors of electronic computers mentioned in textbooks in China, most academic works and scientific popularization works are not real inventors. The real inventor is American John? Professor atanasoff.

J.Atanasoft is a professor of physics at the University of Iowa. Atanasoff is a graduate student of Clifford? The electronic computer was invented with the help of Clifford E. Berry.

After the birth of the first electronic computer, atanasoff and Berry didn't get the inventor's wreath.

Before atanasoff and Berry left, two improved ABC computers were already running. These two ABC computers are stored in the storage room of the physics building of the University of Iowa and gradually forgotten. 1946, due to the shortage of materials, both machines were dismantled, and the parts were used for other purposes, leaving only the memory part. The University of Iowa did not apply for a patent for ABC computer, which brought a long-lasting legal dispute to the invention right of electronic computer. The US District Court's ruling is correct, because the inventor of ENIAC, Mocelli, did visit the ABC computer of the University of Iowa and listened to atanasoff's introduction, which inspired him.

Atanasoff was born in Hamilton, Maryland, USA on 19031October 4th. He spent his childhood in Florida. His father is Bulgarian, won the highest scientific prize in Bulgaria and went to ....................................................................................................................................................... & gt

Question 4: Who invented the computer? Who invented the computer?

In computer class, it is likely that the teacher will say: The world's first electronic computer, called "Eniac" (originally Eniac, also translated into Chinese earlier as "ilium"), was invented by Americans Mocelli and eckart Key in 1946. If you take the computer knowledge test, there is nothing wrong with this answer; But if you tell others about computer history, it is wrong to say so. Because that's not the case.

As early as 1947, the year after Enyak appeared, Mocelli and eckart filed a patent application with the US Patent Office, but the patent was released late in 1964, because the Patent Office still had doubts about their idea of "the world's first electronic computer". Moreover, after the publication of the patent, Hanniwei Company of the United States still produced the patent without purchasing it from the patentee, so the company was accused of violating the patent law.

However, Hannibal refused to accept it. They think that the real inventors of electronic computers are not Mocelli and eckart, but atanasoff. So the lawsuit went to court. After125th session, the court finally announced in 1973, 10, 19: "Mocelli and eckart didn't invent the world's first electronic computer, but used the idea invented by atanasoff ..." Atan nosov is a physicist working in the University of Iowa. The heavy calculation process in the research made his life difficult, so he decided to engage in the research of electronic computers. 1937 One night in winter, he was depressed, because a difficult problem in his research bothered him and could not be solved, so he drove to a roadside pub in Illinois for a drink to relieve boredom. After he drank two glasses of wine in a row, the method of using capacitor as memory element to regenerate memory suddenly flashed in his mind, and thus the most primitive concept now called "logic circuit" came into being. Starting from this initial idea, after two years of hard research and experiments, the world's first electronic computer with binary logic operation as its core was finally made in193965438+February. However, it was World War II and the University of Iowa did not apply for a patent. Later, it did not release information. As for what this "built" computer has done, no one knows.

This lawsuit caused by patent infringement has sparked a debate about who invented the "world's first electronic computer". After many investigations and verifications by the court, it was finally proved that the invention right of the world's first electronic computer should belong to atanasoff. Therefore, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers decided to award him the highest honor: the Holly Medal.

Although it is often mentioned in many novels, movies and "unofficial history" describing the Second World War that the US military used the newly invented electronic computer to decipher the secret codes of the German army and the Japanese army, firstly, there are no official documents published by the state for reference. Second, even if electronic computers were used in World War II, there was no literature to support them. Therefore, few people know whether the "world's first electronic computer" invented by atanasoff was really built and officially used, where it was built and what its appearance was like.

Another view is that the inventor of the world's first electronic computer was not an American, but an Englishman, and the time was also in the late 1930s.

1940, the war madman Hitler ordered his air marshal Goering to carry out the "sea lion" operation, and the deadline was 17 to destroy the British air force before September. Since then, the most intense and cruel British air combat in history has begun. Under the command of Marshal Doding, the British Air Force defeated twice its own enemy at a very small cost, and finally broke the invincible myth of the German army and shattered Hitler's ambition to invade the world.

How could Marshal Doding have won such a great victory? For many years, it has been an unexplained mystery: because a few days after the unprecedented victory in British air combat, Marshal Doding, the number one hero, was inexplicably removed from the post of Air Force Marshal, and a year later, he was forced to retire. It was not until 1975 that the British authorities revealed the truth: it turned out that Britain had invented the world's first electronic computer at that time. It was with this "magic weapon" that Doding successfully cracked the top secret password issued by Hitler's proud cipher machine and mastered castle wolfenstein's major military plan, thus winning the great victory of the British air war. ............................................................................ & gt

Question 5: Who is the inventor of the computer? The first machine that can really be called a computer was born in the United States in 1946. It was invented by Mao Qili and eckert, and its name is ENIAC. This computer uses vacuum tubes to process signals, so it is huge (occupying one room) and consumes high power (everyone in the town knows when to use it, because the lights in every household are dimmed! ), and the memory capacity is very low (only 100 words), but it is already a great progress in human science and technology. And we usually call this kind of computer using vacuum tube the first generation computer.

Question 6: What was the name of the first person who invented the computer? Who invented the computer? Strictly speaking, it is difficult to define.

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Pascal has always been recognized as the inventor of the first gear computer in the world, and he is extremely proud of this achievement. But before Pascal was invented, the German mathematician Kasher had designed and manufactured a 6-digit gear computer. Kashe is a famous oriental linguist and mathematician. He also has a deep study of astronomy. He is often trapped in a large number of data calculations and exhausted by complicated calculations. The problems in reality prompted him to create a new and effective calculation tool to reduce the heavy calculation burden. 1623 began to conceive the design, made a prototype in the same year, and made some improvements later. The principle of this computer is similar to Pascal's, and it is easy to break down during use. Historically, people knew little about the computer invented by Casher, and its social impact was minimal. It was not until 1958 that people learned that he invented the gear computer in relevant historical materials. Therefore, when we talk about the first invention of gear computer, we can't help but mention Casher. In fact, Casher was the first inventor of the gear computer.

Respondent: Luo Lumen-Jianghu rookie level 5 1- 16 18:07.

Question 7: Who invented the computer? To be exact, the current computer network was not invented by someone, because the original intention of their invention was not that the computer in the present sense was a copy of the American defense network. Computers are not powerful, but the Internet is. The first personal computer was produced by ibm, and the computer came into being. Of course, a computer won't do. The most important thing to make the computer run is that the operating system has cooperated with Bill Gates since ibm, and now more than 99% users in the world are using Microsoft system. Today's computers are a combination of hardware+software+Internet, and one of them is waste.

Question 8: Who invented the computer and what nationality? Computer inventor John? Feng? Newman.

John? Feng? John von neumann (1903- 1957), a Hungarian-born American economist, physicist, mathematician and inventor, [1] is the "father of modern electronic computers". His computer working principle is still adopted by various computers. 1903 12.28 was born in Budapest, Hungary. His father is a banker, with a well-off family and attaches great importance to the education of his children. Feng? Neumann was brilliant since he was a child, with a wide range of interests, and he never forgot to read. It is said that he was able to chat with his father in ancient Greek at the age of six and mastered seven languages in his life. He is best at German, but when he thinks about ideas in German, he can translate them into English at the speed of reading. He can quickly repeat the contents of the books and papers he has read word for word, and he can still do it a few years later. When Neumann was studying in Luthorun Middle School in Budapest, he became famous and was highly praised by teachers. Under Fichte's individual guidance, he co-published his first mathematical paper. At this time, Feng? Neumann is less than 18 years old. 192 1- 1923, studied at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. He soon got his doctorate in mathematics from Budapest University with the score of 1926. At this time, Feng? Neumann is only 22 years old. 1927- 1929 feng? Neumann has been a mathematics lecturer at the University of Berlin and the University of Hamburg. 1930 accepted the position of visiting professor at Princeton University and went to the United States. 193 1 became the first batch of tenured professors at Princeton university in the United States. At that time, he was less than 30 years old. 1933 transferred to the Institute of Advanced Studies, became one of the first six professors, and worked there all his life. Neumann is an honorary doctor from Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Istanbul University, University of Maryland, Columbia University and Munich Institute of Advanced Technology. He is an academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, the National Academy of Natural Sciences of Peru and the National Forestry Research Institute of Italy. From 1938 to 1954, he was a member of the American Atomic Energy Commission. 195 1 to 1953, President of the American Mathematical Society.

1954, Feng Zhixia? Neumann was diagnosed with cancer and died in Washington on February 8, 1957 at the age of 54.