According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term “computer” was first used in the book The Yong Man’s Gleanings by Richard Braithwaite in 1613 to denote a person who made calculations or computations. Until the end of the nineteenth century, when industrialization gave birth to mechanical devices whose primary function was calculating, the concept of a computer remained unchanged.
There are a lot of different types of computers that make it hard to figure out when was the first computer invented? According to historians, Charles Babbage invented the mechanical computer Difference Engine in 1822, which was believed to be a far cry from the computer we are familiar with today. The Difference Engine could compute several sets of integers and print out the results in physical copy.
Altair 8800
Therefore let us speak about the first PC (the personal computer), its story, and who invented it. With the introduction of the Altair 8800 in 1974, Ed Roberts invented the phrase “the personal computer.” Even though the KENBAK-1, which was initially released in 1971 for$750, is often believed to be the world’s first personal computer. The computer used a set of switches that turned on and off a slew of lights to enter and output data.
About the inventor of PC Ed Roberts
In 1974, an American engineer, entrepreneur, and medical doctor named Henry Edward “Ed” Roberts built the first commercially viable personal computer. He is well recognized as “the father of the personal computer.” On the cover of the November 1971 edition of Popular Electronics, he announced the launch of Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS).
