18. The first computing
device.
Created in1837
Can do complex
algorithms.
First Mechanical
computing device
Never completed due
to funding
19. The first digital computer.
Created in 1939
It was designed only to
solve systems of linear
equations.
The first general purpose
electrical computer
Created in 1945
Original purpose was
weather forecasting.
US military funded the
project and used it for military
20. First Personal Computer
Cost $1,565
Created August 12, 1981
Memory 16kb – 256kB
CPU 4.7 Mhz