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[–] Tiger_Man_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 week ago (4 children)

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

[–] houstoneulers@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week 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.

[–] Tamo240@programming.dev 4 points 1 week 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).

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Isn't the abacus a mechanical computer?

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