* Year: 1938
* Inventor: Konrad Zuse
* Country: Germany
The Zuse Z1 was the world's first programmable, fully automatic digital computer. It was built by German engineer Konrad Zuse in his parents' living room in Berlin. The Z1 used binary arithmetic and was programmed using punched tape. It was able to perform basic arithmetic operations, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
The Z1 was a major breakthrough in the history of computing. It paved the way for the development of more powerful and versatile computers, and it laid the foundation for the digital age.