With a masterâs degree, the average annual starting salary was $64,100. The 25th percentile earned $51,500, the 50th percentile made $62,000, and the 75th percentile earned $73,900.
First mechanical computer or automatic computing engine concept. In 1822, Charles Babbage purposed and began developing the Difference Engine, considered to be the first automatic computing engine that was capable of computing several sets of numbers and making a hard copies of the results.
The first electric programmable computer. The Colossus was the first electric programmable computer and was developed by Tommy Flowers and first demonstrated in December 1943. The Colossus was created to help the British code breakers read encrypted German messages.