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[–] Armand1@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago (11 children)

I don't think he's necessarily the inventor of the computer. There are a few possible candidates, including Ada Lovelace or Charles Babbage, who were earlier.

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The first functioning programmable computer was Zuse's Z3.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

The Z3 was relay based in 1941. (Germans)

Collosus was 1943 and based on valves. (British)

The Harvard MK1 was in 1944. (Americans)

There was a lot of parallel development going on at the time, all converging on solutions.

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