who invented computers?

Stevie Goldey: The idea for a computer came from Charles Babbage, but one could say that computers are as old as the abacus

Clay Lipira: That gets a bit tricky because you have to define a computer first. If you mean a digital computer with memory used for program storage, then the ABC computer at Iowa State during WWII won the arguments. But there were computers before then, most of them analog where voltages represented values and wiring circuits did calculation of results. The 1890 census was done with counting machines of punched cards by an operation that later became IBM.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanasoff%E2%80%93Ber......Show more

Chris Wilczewski: CHARLES BABBAGE

David Boehler: "Computers" have been around for a very, very long time. But the definition of what makes something a computer has changed a great deal. And the progress made on developing computers was made by many many people, not just one "inventor". There are many people out th! ere who would say that the first "computer" was the abacus, invented in Asia about 5000 years ago. But somehow I doubt that this is what you're looking for, so let's look a little more recently... As time went on, there were a number of special devices invented to help with things like tax collecting, taking the census, etc. At first, these were purely mechanical, but by the start of the twentieth century, they were run by steam. And it is said that it was Bill Gates And is like the 2nd or more richest guy in the world....Show more

Adelle Weight: Alan Turing invented the first computer

Donte Hamme: USE GOOGLE SEARCH OR WIKIPEDIA OHMYGOD!

Antonia Quinnett: Al Gore

Rebeca Mckin: Bill Gates invented microsoft

Ronnie Barcus: The antikythera which is believed to be the first computer invented was created by the greeks.

Ardath Templer: If we restrict this to only digital computing (the great grandaddy of what we use today) then - 1936 Konrad Zu! se with the Z1 Computer.