Did Alan Turing Invent The Computer

Did Alan Turing Invent The Computer?

Alan Turing is considered by many to be the father of modern computing. But did he actually invent the computer? The answer to that question is a bit complicated.

Turing was a mathematician and cryptanalyst who worked for the British government during World War II. He was responsible for breaking the German Enigma code, which helped the Allies win the war. After the war, Turing turned his attention to computing. He developed a number of theories about how computers could work and how they could be used to solve problems.

But Turing didn’t actually …

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Progress Continues On Babbage Programmable Computer

In 1822, Charles Babbage, a British mathematician, proposed the idea of a programmable computer. This machine would be able to perform any calculation that could be done by hand. Babbage worked on the design of this machine for over forty years, but he never finished building it.

In the last few years, there has been a lot of progress on building a computer based on Babbage’s design. In 2011, the Science Museum in London completed a working model of Babbage’s machine called the Difference Engine.

Now, a team of engineers at the Charles Babbage Institute in Minneapolis is working on …

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