Computers can do lots of jobs. They can do maths or play music.
You can use a computer to write or to play games. What do you know about the history of computers?
The first computers were very big. They were the size of a room! They were so big that people couldn't have them at home. Early computers could only do easy maths. In the 1930s. Alan Turing had the idea for a computer. His idea made computers do different things.
In 1958, Jack Kilby invented the microchip. It was a totally new thing for people at that time Microchips are tiny but can keep lots of information in a computer. They helped make computers smaller. In the 1970s, computers were smaller and cheaper so people started to use them at home. In the 1980s, computer games were very popular. Lots of people bought computers just to play games.
In 1989, Tim Berners-lee invented the World Wide Web, which is a way to organize information on the internet. With its help, now people all over the world can look for and share information on websites.