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  1. Z3 (computer) - Wikipedia

    The Z3 was a German electromechanical computer designed by Konrad Zuse in 1938, and completed in 1941. It was the world's first working programmable, fully automatic digital computer. [3]

  2. Zuse computer | History & Impact of Early Computing | Britannica

    Although all his early prewar machines were really calculators—not computers—his Z3, completed in December 1941 (and destroyed on April 6, 1945, during an Allied air raid on Berlin), was the first …

  3. Konrad Zuse and the Z3: An overlooked masterpiece

    Jun 21, 2024 · The Z3, a cabinet-sized device that sounded like a tractor, had a memory capacity of 64 words and a clock frequency of 5 Hertz. The machine operated fully automatically in binary, used …

  4. Computers | Timeline of Computer History | Computer History …

    The Z3, an early computer built by German engineer Konrad Zuse working in complete isolation from developments elsewhere, uses 2,300 relays, performs floating point binary arithmetic, and has a 22 …

  5. Z3 (computer) | Computer Science | Research Starters - EBSCO

    The Z3 was the world's first ever automatic, program-controlled computer. Built in the early 1940s by German civil engineer Konrad Zuse, the Z3 represented a significant breakthrough in the early …

  6. Z3: the First Functional Programm-Controlled Automatic Calculating ...

    In mid 1940, Zuse begann building the Z3. It was operational in May 1941. The arithmetic unit was electromechanical, constructed of 600 relays: the store used 1400 relays. The Z3 cost about...

  7. Konrad Zuse Internet Archive

    The Z3 was an electromechanical computer designed by Konrad Zuse. It was one of the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computing machines.

  8. In 1938, Zuse started building the Z3, a machine consisting purely of relays but with the same logical structure as the Z1. It was ready and operational in 1941, four years before the ENIAC.

  9. Z3 (computer) - grokipedia.com

    The Z3 was the world's first fully functional program-controlled electromechanical digital computer, widely regarded as such despite ongoing historical debates over pioneering computing devices, …

  10. Z3 - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    It was the world's first working programmable, fully automatic digital computer. [1] The Z3 was built with 2000 relays, with a 22 bit word length that operated at a clock frequency of about 5–10 Hz. [2]