<P> Atanasoff invented the first electronic digital computer in the 1930s at Iowa State College . Challenges to his claim were resolved in 1973 when the Honeywell v. Sperry Rand lawsuit ruled that Atanasoff was the inventor of the computer . His special - purpose machine has come to be called the Atanasoff -- Berry Computer . </P>
<P> Atanasoff invented the first electronic digital computer in the 1930s at Iowa State College . Challenges to his claim were resolved in 1973 when the Honeywell v. Sperry Rand lawsuit ruled that Atanasoff was the inventor of the computer . His special - purpose machine has come to be called the Atanasoff -- Berry Computer . </P>
when was the first computer invented in america
when was the first computer invented in america
in the 1930s
in the 1930s