dec 2, 1943 - First Electric Programmable Computer
Description:
The first electric programmable computer is built and demonstrated by Tommy Flowers. It was called the Colossus. It was used by Britain in World War two. The colossus was used to decode the Lorenz cipher. This is significant because it was one of the first steps towards the computers we have today.Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 2, 1943
Now
~ 81 years ago