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minus-squareTiger_Man_〔he/him〕@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agothis is not actually correct, he didn’t invent the computer, he invented the turings machine
minus-squarehoustoneulers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoI 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.
minus-squareTamo240@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoBabbage 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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minus-squareemergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoIsn’t the abacus a mechanical computer?
this is not actually correct, he didn’t invent the computer, he invented the turings machine
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.
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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Isn’t the abacus a mechanical computer?