The History of Computers
These pages will give you a short overview of the History of Computers. The development from the most primitive calculating aids, to modern supercomputers can be seen as a series of major discoveries. In this document, we have tried to show how this process took place. The authors of these pages are students of Computer Science at the Fachhochschule für Technik Esslingen. As part of our Technical English class, this document was developed using information mostly found on the Internet. The biggest trouble with this project was to find a starting point. Did the History of Computers start with the first mechanical calculating machine (arguably the abacus) or were Babbage's machines the basis of all modern computers? What about software, operating systems, programming languages and so on? It is obvious that we couldn't cover all possible aspects that led to today's computers that let us surf the Internet. And of course, some of the information given in these pages may be incomplete or inaccurate. If you have any comments or additional information about these pages, please let us know. Information or questions concerning the project should be sent to our teacher, Mr T. S. Wynne, or to the author of the page you are referring to, who is stated at the end of each page. Now, let's have some fun exploring the roots of computers. To do this, simply click on the time period on the top of the screen

The History of Computers

These pages will give you a short overview of the History of Computers.
The development from the most primitive calculating aids, to modern supercomputers can be seen as a series of major discoveries. In this document, we have tried to show how this process took place.

The authors of these pages are students of Computer Science at the Fachhochschule für Technik Esslingen. As part of our Technical English class, this document was developed using information mostly found on the Internet.

The biggest trouble with this project was to find a starting point. Did the History of Computers start with the first mechanical calculating machine (arguably the abacus) or were Babbage's machines the basis of all modern computers? What about software, operating systems, programming languages and so on? It is obvious that we couldn't cover all possible aspects that led to today's computers that let us surf the Internet. And of course, some of the information given in these pages may be incomplete or inaccurate.

If you have any comments or additional information about these pages, please let us know. Information or questions concerning the project should be sent to our teacher, Mr T. S. Wynne, or to the author of the page you are referring to, who is stated at the end of each page.

Now, let's have some fun exploring the roots of computers.
To do this, simply click on the time period on the top of the screen

This page was designed by:
Dirk Gfrörer
Martin Hejl