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[-] Tiger_Man_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 6 months ago

this is not actually correct, he didn't invent the computer, he invented the turings machine

[-] houstoneulers@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I also looked this up and many sources are giving credit to a guy named Charles Babbage. But perhaps this meme creator is defining computer differently.

[-] Tamo240@programming.dev 4 points 6 months ago

Babbage is the creator of the first mechanical Computer (his Difference Engine).

Turing is the father of Computer Science, in that he created a mathematical model for computation (Turing Machines).

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Isn't the abacus a mechanical computer?

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