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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 57 points 1 week ago (17 children)

Alan Turing was the father of computer science, but didn't invent the first computer. Arguably the first computer was called the Manchester Baby and was created by folks at the University of Manchester.

Alan Turing was an absolute boss, though. Huge respect.

[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Depends entirely on the definition of computer.

There are so many "inventors of the first computers" it is ridiculous. Almost like creating a complex machine like a computer takes a whole many inventions and people who worked on it over a time span of multiple generations.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Turing invented the first "reprogrammable computer"

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