Geek Fact for May 12th

By Judy Novotny / 05/12/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1941, German Konrad Zuse’s Z3 was introduced in Berlin. It was a fully program-operational calculating machine.

Konrad Zuse also developed the Z4, the first programmable modern computer, making him the father of the computer. He also wrote the first algorithmic programming language called ‘Plankalkül’.

Learn more at Konrad Zuse at http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa050298.htm.

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Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.