Computer
Who made the first computer? More than 150 years ago, an English mathematician named Charles Babbage began to build the first computer. He called it the analytical engine. But he was not able to finish his project. His dream of building a computer had come to early. Some of the parts needed for his machine had not been invented.
For many years, scientists studied. Mr. Babbage’s plans ideas. Then, in early 1940’s, an American named Howard Aiken built the first modern electric-powered computer. It was named Mark I. but Mr. Aiken nicknamed it “Babbage’s dream is come true”. Mark I was huge and noisy. It was 13.7 m long, 2.4 m high, and had a million different parts. It could only do two edition problems per second.
Today’s computers are much quitter and smaller than those early machines. They also work much faster. Some can do more than million mats problems in a single second I with computers you can play your favorite computer game, draw a picture, or learn mats facts. Computers have changed our life!
