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"Who invented the computer?" is not a question with a simple answer. The real answer is that many inventors contributed to the history of computers and that a computer is a complex piece of machinery made up of many parts, each of which can be considered a separate invention. Here is some of the history from 1936-1985.

1936 Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computer	First freely programmable computer. 1942 John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry ABC Computer	Who was first in the computing biz is not always as easy as ABC. 1944 Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper Harvard Mark I Computer	The Harvard Mark 1 computer. 1946 John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly ENIAC 1 Computer	20,000 vacuum tubes later... 1948 Frederic Williams & Tom Kilburn Manchester Baby Computer & The Williams Tube	Baby and the Williams Tube turn on the memories. 1947/48 John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley The Transistor	No, a transistor is not a computer, but this invention greatly affected the history of computers. 1951 John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly UNIVAC Computer	First commercial computer & able to pick presidential winners. 1953 International Business Machines IBM 701 EDPM Computer	IBM enters into 'The History of Computers'. 1954 John Backus & IBM FORTRAN Computer Programming Language	The first successful high level programming language. 1955 (In Use 1959)

Stanford Research Institute, Bank of America, and General Electric ERMA and MICR	The first bank industry computer - also MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) for reading checks. 1958 Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce The Integrated Circuit	Otherwise known as 'The Chip' 1962 Steve Russell & MIT Spacewar Computer Game	The first computer game invented. 1964 Douglas Engelbart Computer Mouse & Windows	Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end. 1969 ARPAnet	The original Internet. 1970 Intel 1103 Computer Memory	The world's first available dynamic RAM chip. 1971 Faggin, Hoff & Mazor Intel 4004 Computer Microprocessor	The first microprocessor. 1971 Alan Shugart &IBM The "Floppy" Disk	Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility. 1973 Robert Metcalfe & Xerox The Ethernet Computer Networking	Networking. 1974/75 Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers	The first consumer computers. 1976/77 Apple I, II & TRS-80 & Commodore Pet Computers	More first consumer computers. 1978 Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston VisiCalc Spreadsheet Software	Any product that pays for itself in two weeks is a surefire winner. 1979 Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby WordStar Software	Word Processors. 1981 IBM The IBM PC - Home Computer	From an "Acorn" grows a personal computer revolution 1981 Microsoft MS-DOS Computer Operating System	From "Quick And Dirty" comes the operating system of the century. 1983 Apple Lisa Computer	The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface. 1984 Apple Macintosh Computer	The more affordable home computer with a GUI. 1985 Microsoft Windows	Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple.

i found this info from: http://inventors.about.com/library/blcoindex.htm  thank you for reading.