Information Age

Grace Murray Hopper

Creator of the first-ever compiler and COBOL, a programming language for business data processing.

COBOL

Common Business-Oriented Language

Debugging

The process of finding and removing errors or bugs in computer programs, named after Hopper's removal of a moth from a computer.

Mark II 

Electromechanical computer designed by Mark Aiken and Hopper with other Mark computers.

Mark II Purpose 

Used for addition and multiplication to satisfy the computing needs of America.

Charles Babbage

Known as the Father of the Computer, designed the Analytical Machine, a steam-driven calculating device.

1991

London Science Museum was able to complete a working version of the Analytical Engine.

German Enigma Machine

A cipher device developed and used in the early to mid-20th century to communicate on the battlefield.

Benedict Cumberbatch

A mathematical genius who was able to decode the German Enigma machine with the help of fellow mathematicians.

Turing Machine

Introduced by Alan Turing in 1936, a theoretical device that can simulate any general-purpose computer's logic.

Alan Turing

Father of Modern Computer Science.

Death of Allan Turing

Known for careless experiments, which could have led to his death. He died in 1954 due to asphyxia caused by cyanide poisoning.

Konrad Zuse

First to build a working electromechanical digital computer, the Z3, in 1941, considered Turing-complete.

Z1

A binary mechanical computer.

Z2

Used 600 telephone relays rather than the metal plates of the Z1.

Z3

Considered "Turing-complete" and as such, the world's first fully operational electromechanical computer.

Z4

Completed in 1945 in the midst of the Second World War in Germany.

ENIAC

Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, considered the first functioning computer in the US, completed in 1946.

ENIAC Purpose

Used to solve numerical problems.

When ENIAC created?

It was started in 1943 and completed in 1946. Its operation ended in 1956. It cost 487,000 dollars.

ARPANET

The first internet, established in 1969 by the Pentagon, aimed at sharing information among research institutions and the military.

ARPANET Acronym

Pentagon Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

ENIAC Purpose

Built to withstand a possible nuclear war with the Soviet Union.

World Wide Web

Invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989, providing free access to information for the public.

Email

First sent by Ray Tomlinson in 1971, marking a significant step in the development of the internet for communication.

Philippines

Ranked second in computer usage and first in social media usage in 2017, with users aged 16-68 spending significant time online.