The Evolution Of Computers

Computers can do a lot of jobs. They can do maths, store information, or play music. You can use your computer to write or play games. What do you know about the history of computers?

The first computers were very big. They were the size of a room! They were so big that people didn't have them at home. Early computers could only do simple maths like a calculator. In the 1930s, Alan Turing had the idea for a computer you could program to do other things.

In 1958, Jack Kilby invented the microchip. Microchips are tiny but they can store lots of information. They helped make computers smaller. The computer mouse as we know it today was invented and developed by Douglas Engelbart in the 1960s. It was made of wood! In the 1970s, computers were smaller and cheaper, so people started to use them at home. In the 1980s, computer games were very populer. Lots of people bought computer just to play games.

In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, which is a way to organise information on the Internet. Now people all over the world can look for and share information on websites. More than 3 billion poeple use the Internet and more than 200 billion emails are sent every day.

Today people can use smartphones to play games, send email and go on the Internet. In the past, a simple computer was the size of a room. Now it can fit in your pocket!