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Who invented the computer? This page explains the contributions of early pioneers and the claim of Alan Turing for the leading role. ... So who invented the computer?
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The question of who invented the computer cannot be answered with a single name. Throughout history, numerous people have created devices that helped to lead to development of this valuable machine These go far back into time and many date ...
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Inventor of the Computer Many say the first computer is the "difference engine." The first of these devices was conceived in 1782 by J. H. smith. It was never built. Difference engines were forgotten and then rediscovered in 1822 ...
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In 1671, Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz invented a computer that was built in 1694. It could add, and, after changing some things around, multiply. ... Leibniz invented a special stepped gear mechanism for introducing the addend digits, and this is still being used. The prototypes made by Pascal and Leibniz were not used...
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Computer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A computer is a machine that manipulates data according to a set of instructions. Although mechanical examples of computers have existed through much of recorded human history, the first electronic ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer
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Charles Babbage is most often credited with the invention of the computer... It is difficult to identify any one device as the earliest computer, partly because the term "computer" has been subject to varying interpretations over ...
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Founder of computer science, mathematician, philosopher, codebreaker, strange visionary and a gay man before his time: ... 1946: Computer and software design leading the world. 1947-48: Programming, neural nets, and artificial intelligence; 1948: ... Who invented the computer? and The world class distance runner...
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English mathematician Charles Babbage (1792–1871) designed a mechanical computing machine called the "analytical engine." It is considered the forerunner of the digital computer, a programmable electronic device that stores, retri...
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For years if I was asked who invented the first electronic digital computer I would have readily answered John Mauchly and J Presper Eckert in the development of the ENIAC at the University of Pennsylvania. This 18,000 vacuum tube device,... ... Now, after reading Alice Rowe Burk's 2003 book: Who Invented the Computer:
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