It was written by Ada Lovelace, who helped fellow mathematician Charles Babbage in inventing the world's
first computer, the Difference Engine, in 1822.
1992 - Hamad Abdul Rahman Al Madfa, UAE Minister of Education, opened the
first Computer Shopper exhibition in Dubai.
In 1941, Konrad Zuse built the world's
first computer, the Z3; a short time later, he released the Z4, which could do quite a bit more than its predecessor.
The notes contain what is dubbed as the world's
first computer program, an algorithm encoded for processing by a machine.
The
first computer mouse, developed 4 decades ago, was a little wooden box with a single red button on top and a wire hanging from the back, because of which it was likened to a rodent.
Elk Cloner, which spread between Apple II computers via infected floppy disks, has the dubious distinction of the
first computer virus to spread in the wild.
CITY fans of computer-generated art have the chance to catch the
first computer art exhibition, which has been unveiled at Claire Galleries, in the Jewellery Quarter.
TOSHIBA have become the
first computer maker to ship a portable computer with an HD-DVD drive.