Konrad Ernst Otto Zuse was a German civil engineer, pioneering computer scientist, inventor and businessman. His greatest achievement was the world's first programmable computer, the functional program-controlled Turing-complete Z3, which became operational in May 1941. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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AwardGreat Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2 Awardhonorary citizen of Hoyerswerda 2 AwardPhilip Morris Research Prize 2 AwardHarry H. Goode Memorial Award 2 AwardWilhelm Leuschner Medal 2 AwardComputer History Museum Fellow 2 AwardBavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art 2 Awardhonorary doctor of ETH Zürich 2 AwardWerner von Siemens Ring 2 Connections
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Konrad Zuse designed and built the Zuse Z1 in his parents' home, 1936 to 1938.
Konrad Zuse built the Zuse Z3 in Berlin in 1941, generally recognized as the first working programmable, fully automatic digital computer.
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Konrad Ernst Otto Zuse ... (22 June 1910-18 December 1995) was a German civil engineer, pioneering computer scientist, inventor and businessman. His greatest achievement was the world's first programmable computer; the functional program-controlled Turing-complete Z3 became operational in May 1941.
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22 June 1910
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18 December 1995
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Konrad Zuse
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