History of Computers
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The history of computers leading up to today's technology is long and complex.
Timeline of Computers
- The idea of a modern computer was first shown to the world in a 1936 paper by Alan Turing.
- The fist computer was inveted in 1943. It took up 1,800 square feet
- The first computer chip was invented in 1958. The inventer was awared the Noble Prize in Physics
- The first IBM personal computer was invented in 1981. It had a MS-DOS operating system.
- Wifi became popular in 1999. More people began connecting to the internet without wires.
- In 2016 the first reprogrammable quantum computer was invented. It is the most powerful computer to date.