Question

Who is the inventor of ABC Computer?

• A. John v. Atansoff
• B. Clifford Berry
• C. Both of above
• D. None of above

Answer 1

The correct option is C Both of above

John v. Atansoff and Clifford Berry is the inventor of ABC Computer.

John Vincent Atanasoff is known as the father of the computer. With the help of one of his students Clifford E. Berry, in Iowa State College, during the 1940s, he created the ABC (Atanasoff-Berry Computer) that was the first electronic digital computer.

Being completed by 1942, the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) was the first electronic computer. It was designed and built by John Vincent Atanasoff and his assistant, Clifford E. Berry. At the time, Atanasoff was teaching Physics, and Berry was a graduate student in Electrical Engineering.