The history of computers can basically be broken down into seven time frames beginning with the Mechanical Era and continuing through the Sixth Generation Computers. In the following paper I will attempt to lay out in a logical sequence the events and inventions that take us through the above segments in time. Thus, showing the evolution and history of the computer.

The first segment in time ranging from 1623 through 1945 is known as The Mechanical Era. We can trace back at least to the early 17th century when mathematicians such as Wilhelm Schickhard, Blaise Pascal, and Gottfried Leibnitz designed machines that could solve mathematical problems such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Those computing machines were the very first calculators. In 1623 Wilhelm Sc

This knew segment in time spans from 1937 to 1953. It is also during this time that things become obscure of claims and counterclaims of who built what and when. Right from the start it was George Stibitz of Bell Labs that constructed a 1-bit binary adder using relays. Then in 1938 Konard Zuse came on the scene with some help from Helmut Schreyer they built the first binary calculator based on Boolean Algebra. This calculator was originally called the V1 but was later renamed the Z1. Then, around 1938 came the formation of a company that we have all heard of, Hewlett Packard. This company was formed by David Hewlett and William Packard. Next in line, was the first publication of the Radio Shack catalog in 1939. Also, in 1939 came the completion of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer better known as the ABC. This was the work of John V Atanasoff and his partner Clifford Berry. The Project began in 1936 in the basement of a physics building on the Iowa State campus. This was the first machine to calculate using

vacuum tubes. In fact, in 1973 a judge ruled the ABC as the first automatic digital computer. Then, in 1940 George Steblitz further develops his Model K which he began in 1937. He did this with the help of Samuel Williams and together they built what they called the Complex Number Calculator, which was later renamed the Model I Relay Calculator. It was this very machine that used telephone switching parts that paved the way for networki

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