The first programmable computer was invented by Charles Babbage in 1822. He called it the Analytical Engine. It could be programmed to perform any calculation that could be done by hand. However, Babbage never finished building it.

Who was the first programmable computer?

There is no one definitive answer to who was the first programmable computer. Some historians believe that the first programmable computer was the ENIAC, which was built by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert in 1946. However, others believe that the first programmable computer was the Manchester Mark 1, which was built by Frederic C. Williams and …