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1941 - Konrad Zuse Finishes the Z3 Computer

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The Z3 Computer was built by a German engineer.
It was used for aerodynamic calculations.
It is on display at the Deutsches Museum in Munich.

The Z3 Computer was built by a German engineer named Konrad Zuse. The Z3 Computer was used for aerodynamic calculations, but it was destroyed in a bombing.

1942 - The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) is completed

29handa — 2024-04-03 13:10:51 UTC

It was built by Atanasoff.
It was also built by Clifford Berry.
It was at the center of a patent dispute.

Professor John Vincent Atanasoff created the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) in 1942, but Clifford Berry also helped build it. Also, It states that "Atanasoff was declared the originator of several basic computer ideas."

1943 - Bell Labs Relay Interpolator is completed

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Bell Laboratories built the machine.
The machine was designed to assist in testing M-9.
It is a gun director which means it aims large guns.

Bell Laboratories built the Bell Labs Relay Interpolator in 1943. It was an M-9 and it was a gun director which means that it aims large guns to targets.

1944 - First Colossus operational at Bletchley Park

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It was designed by a British engineer.
It was designed by Tommy Flowers.
It was designed to break the complex Lorenz ciphers.

The First Colossus operational at Bletchley Park was built by a British engineer named Tommy Flowers. The machine was designed to break and uncode the complex Lorenz ciphers.

1945 - John von Neumann writes First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC

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John von Neumann wrote the machine.
It states that "outlines the architecture of a stored-program computer, including electronic storage of programming information and data."
He created it after the war.

John von Neumann wrote the Report on the EDVAC in 1945. The text states that "outlines the architecture of a stored-program computer, including electronic storage of programming information and data." He wrote the report after the war.

1946 - Moore School lectures take place

29handa — 2024-04-03 13:42:49 UTC

It was a summer school on computing.
It taught kids Electrical Engineering, Construction, and stored program computers.
John von Neumann, Howard Aiken, J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly all went there.

The Moore School was a summer school on computing in 1946. The school taught kids Electrical Engineering, Construction, and stored program computers. Also, John von Neumann, Howard Aiken, J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly all went there.

1948 - First Computer Program to Run on a Computer

29handa — 2024-04-04 12:26:57 UTC

Frederic Williams, Tom Kilburn, and Geoff Toothill helped create it.
The machine is also called the SSEM.
The machine was built to "test a new memory technology".

The First Computer Program to Run on a Computer was built by Frederic Williams, Tom Kilburn, and Geoff Toothill. The machine was called the SSEM and it was built to "test a new memory technology".

1949 - CSIRAC runs first program

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It is called the CSIRAC.
The machine was built in Sydney, Australia.
It was built by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

The machine is called the CSIRA and it was built in Sydney, Australia with he Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. This machine was built to use its Radio.

1950 - ERA 1101 introduced

29handa — 2024-04-04 12:38:15 UTC

"One of the first commercially produced computers".
The machine was designed by ERA.
It was used for high speed computing.

The ERA 1101 was "One of the first commercially produced computers". The machine was designed by ERA. The machine was used for high speed computing.