What year did the computer come out? And when did the internet become available?

Many consider Englishman Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine back in 1837 to be the first computer. The first electronic programmable computer is widely held to be Colossus, developed in 1942-43 in Station X, Bletchly Park, England. It was used to crack the Enigma codes which were encrypted orders relayed by the Germans in WWII. The Web was created around 1990 by the Englishman Tim Berners-Lee and the Belgian Robert Cailliau working at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.

Sources: http://www.faqfarm.com/Q/When_was_the_computer_invented
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web

Your question is too general. Computers were made in the 1940's, but they could only do simply algebra and took up entire rooms.

So, when did WHAT come out? Personal computers? Military computers?

Also, the internet started with 3 government labs wanting to communicate with eachother. I forget the exact year. But you say 'available'. Is this, available to the masses? Cheap? Attainable?

Gotta be more specific.

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[I know this is old, but some people really need to be corrected]

geek860, I think the question is pretty straight forward. Computers are merely calculators (and before machines it was humans that were considered the computers).
The definition of a computer does not involve availability, cost or any other social aspect.
As the first reply correctly stated, the first computer was really Babbage's Analytical Engine. There is no documentation of anything coming prior to this and until it does it remains the matter of fact. However if you're referring to the first electronic computer then you'll need to look elsewhere. The first electronic computer that was programmable and in many ways the direct ancestor to the machines we use today was the Colossus in Bletchley Park.
Also as the first poster stated, the World Wide Web was indeed created by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN. You refer to the internet, which is not the same thing.
Seriously you should check your facts and/or read the original question more thoroughly before you reply, or you'll just appear like another internet idiot who is too stupid to realise their own stupidity.