What do you think of when you hear the word “computer?” For most people, the answer would be something along the lines of a desktop or laptop. However, the first computer was actually created in 1876 by Charles Babbage.

Babbage was born in 1791 in England. He was a mathematician and scientist, and is credited with inventing the first computer. However, he never actually built a working model of the device. It was completed more than 100 years later, based on his designs.

The first computer was called the Analytical Engine. It could be programmed to perform any calculation that …