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[–] houstoneulers@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

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[–] Tamo240@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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).

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[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago

Isn't the abacus a mechanical computer?

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