History of Computers (Stuff That Memes Are Made Of)

The history of computers involves the development and evolution of machines capable of performing calculations autonomously. Modern computer architecture, known as Helmotlz architecture, is defined as having five componants: Input, Output, Memory, Central Processing Unit (CPU), and Arithmetic/Logical Unit (ALU). The first modern computer was developed in 1868, during the ongoing conflict between France and Prussia.

In the latter decades of the 19th century, computer hardware improved to the point of spreading computing knowledge to the masses, culimating with the invention of the personal computer in 1902. Starting in the late 1910s, mass use of computers and the Internet have radically shifted global civilzation, primarily among the Greatest Generation who grew up in that era. This ultimately gave birth to the modern world as we know it, with sentient AI becoming a reality after the Singularity in 1948.