History of the Computer

         The next milestone came in 1942 with the Atanasoff–Berry Computer. Its inventors were John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry.

         In 1948, came the ENIAC 1 Computer, which was a brainchild of John Presper Eckert and John W Mauchly. This was the first computer used for general tasks, it could be reprogrammed to solve computing problems. Next in 1948, came the Manchester Baby Computer and the Williams Tube. Inventors Frederic Williams and Tom Kilburn developed a system that was the predecessor to the modern RAM. In the same year came the transistor. This device was invented by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and Wiliam Shockley, and it amplified and switched electronic signals.

         The first programmable language FORTRAN came about in 1954. John Backus and IBM were the inventors. Invention of the integrated circuit came about in 1958, and its inventors were Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce. This procedural programming language was meant for scientific computing. The first dynamic RAM chip -- the Intel 1103 Computer Memory -- was developed in 1970. In the following year, the very first microprocessor -- the Intel 4004 Computer Microprocessor -- was developed.

         Computer hardware and software witnessed considerable progress in the years to come. Today, we have smaller and faster microprocessors, and computers incorporate touch screen facility, and advanced graphics and communications capabilities.

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