Daily Trivia #2 What year was the computer invented?

[Miko]

First correct answer will be chosen as "best answer"

[read3167]

Konrad Zuse in 1936 invented the Z1 computer

[Amber]

In 1936 Konrad Zuse invented the first freely programmable computer..

[Vernix Lanugo]

It was the fusion of automatic calculation with programmability that produced the first recognisable computers. In 1837, Charles Babbage was the first to conceptualize and design a fully programmable mechanical computer that he called "The Analytical Engine".[4] Due to limited finances, and an inability to resist tinkering with the design, Babbage never actually built his Analytical Engine.

[sliq1983]

I was told, in electronics class, that the first real working computer was built in 1946 and took up a whole football field. You could walk around it inside. It was called, the Eniac. All it could do was crunch numbers, I believe.

[sliq1983]

I was told, in electronics class, that the first real working computer was built in 1946 and took up a whole football field. You could walk around it inside. It was called, the Eniac. All it could do was crunch numbers, I believe.

[davencusa]

Konrad Zuse's electromechanical "Z machines". The Z3 (1941) was the first working machine featuring binary arithmetic, including floating point arithmetic and a measure of programmability. In 1998 the Z3 was proved to be Turing complete, therefore being the world's first operational computer.