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Who Is The Father of The Computer

Charles Babbage is considered the father of computing for his concept of the Analytical Engine, a general-purpose computer, in 1837. Konrad Zuse created the first programmable, electro-mechanical binary computers - the Z1, Z2, Z3, and Z4 - establishing him as the father of the computer. Henry Roberts coined the term "personal computer" and launched the Altair 8800 kit, making him the father of the personal computer for starting the personal computer revolution in 1975.

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Who Is The Father of The Computer

Charles Babbage is considered the father of computing for his concept of the Analytical Engine, a general-purpose computer, in 1837. Konrad Zuse created the first programmable, electro-mechanical binary computers - the Z1, Z2, Z3, and Z4 - establishing him as the father of the computer. Henry Roberts coined the term "personal computer" and launched the Altair 8800 kit, making him the father of the personal computer for starting the personal computer revolution in 1975.

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Who is the father of the computer?


Question

Who is the father of the computer?

Answer

There are hundreds of people who have major contributions to the computer. Below are the primary founding
fathers of computing, the computer, and the personal computer we know and use today.

Father of computing

Charles Babbage is considered to be the father of computing after


his invention and concept of the Analytical Engine in 1837. The
Analytical Engine contained an Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU), basic
flow control, and integrated memory and is the first general-purpose
computer concept. Unfortunately, because of funding issues this
computer was never built while Charles Babbage's was alive.

However, 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. In addition, in 1991, the London Science
Museum completed a working version of the Analytical Engine No 2, which incorporated his refinements
Babbage discovered during his initial development of the Analytical Engine.

Although Babbage never completed his invention in his life time, his radical ideas and concepts of the
computer are what make him the father of computing.

Father of the computer

There are several people who could be considered as the father of


the computer including Alan Turing, John Atanasoff, and John von
Neumann. However, for the purpose of this document we're going
to be considering Konrad Zuse as the father of the computer with
his development of the Z1, Z2, Z3, and Z4 computers.

In 1936 to 1938 Konrad Zuse created Z1 in his parents living room,


this computer consisted of over 30,000 metal parts and is
considered to be the first electro-mechanical binary programmable
computer. Later in 1939, the German military commissioned Zuse to
build the Z2, which was largely based on the Z1. Later, he completed the Z3 in May of 1941, the Z3 was
a revolutionary computer for its time and is considered the first electromechanical and program-controlled

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computer. Finally, on July 12, 1950 Zuse completed and shipped the Z4 computer, which is considered
to be the first commercial computer.

Father of the personal computer

Henry Edward Roberts coined the term "personal computer" and


is considered to be the father of personal computers after he
released of the Altair 8800 on December 19, 1974. It was later
published on the front cover of Popular Electronics in 1975 making it
almost instantly a huge success. The computer was available as a kit
for $439 or assembled for $621 and had several additional add-ons
such as a memory board and interface boards. By August 1975 over
5,000 Altair 8800 personal computers were sold and started the
personal computer revolution.

Additional information

» When was the first computer invented?

» Computer people and pioneers.

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