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Who Invented the First Computer?

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General descriptionIn 1837, the year Victoria became queen, a man named Charles Babbage invented the world's first computer. At the time, computer was a job title given to human mathematicians who calculated problems with the aid of books and tables. But these computers made mistakes which infuriated Babbage. So he designed a machine he called the Analytical Engine. It had a central processing unit, which he called the mill, memory, which he called the store, and a programming language based on the punch cards used to control looms, which allowed for complex programs to be created. The first computer program was written by the Countess of Lovelace, Augusta Ada King, the daughter of the poet Lord Byron. Lovelace saw that the Analytical Engine could be used for things other than mathematics, including composing music. Sadly, the Analytical Engine was never actually built and faded into obscurity. Otherwise, the computer revolution of the 1950s might have happened a century earlier.CreatorJessica KorteDate created2014ContributorMarketing and CommunicationsPeople depictedJessica KorteLanguageEnglishIs or was included inKnow More in 60 Seconds Video Series

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