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Charles Babbage
conceiving the concept of a digital programmable computer
- invented the Difference Engine
- designed the Analytical Engine
- was a pioneer in the field of mechanical computation
Charles Babbage was an English polymath, mathematician, philosopher, inventor, and mechanical engineer who is credited with conceiving the first mechanical computer, the Analytical Engine.
Milestones
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The Theoretical Foundations PhilosophyAda Lovelace published the first computer program and foresaw that machines might one day compose music — then warned they could never truly think.