Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 2: Modern Era (1850–1949)
1941
Konrad Zuse Completes the Z3
The world’s first functioning programmable, digital computer, the Z3 paved the way for future advancements in computer science. Zuse built the Z3 in his parents’ Berlin apartment. The device was destroyed by the Allied bombing of Berlin in 1943.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.
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- computation, computing history, technology, World War II
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- computer, programming, Z3
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- Konrad Zuse
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- Berlin, Germany
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