The first computer in the world


The first computer in the world was the so-called Zuse Z3.

The computer was created by Konrad Ernst Otto Zuse.
Zuse was a German civil engineer, but also an inventor and entrepreneur.
Konrad Ernst Otto Zuse was born in 1910 and died on December 18, 1995, in Hühnefeld.

In the year 1941, he built the first operational and freely programmable computer.


Drawing and planning for the Zuse 3

General information about the Zuse 3:

The Zuse 3 had input and output devices.

The Zuse 3 used the binary number system.

During the calculation process, user interaction was possible.

Pipelining of various instruction sequences/commands

What exactly does pipelining mean?

Pipelining means that machine instructions are broken down into small tasks.

This makes it possible to execute multiple commands in parallel.


What did the first PC look like when there was the first real version of it?

Image of a replica Zuse 3 in the German Museum"