Comment on be gay, do computers
LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 3 weeks agoThe ENIAC was before that and Charles Babbage’s difference engine was before the ENIAC, though I don’t think he actually got it out of design
Comment on be gay, do computers
LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 3 weeks agoThe ENIAC was before that and Charles Babbage’s difference engine was before the ENIAC, though I don’t think he actually got it out of design
BassTurd@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Also before the ENIAC was the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)
owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Yeah, there were plenty of precursors (hence the MB was arguably the first). But the Manchester Baby was the first stored-program general purpose computer. Gotta pick a point somewhere.
BassTurd@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think it’s a fun debate between all of them. It doesn’t really matter, but I enjoy reading the reasoning behind each argument.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Yeah, the whole history is fascinating. I also like to remind my college students that computer science/engineering is one of the rare branches of science/engineering that was founded at least in equal part by women, if not more (again, an arguable point, but undeniable that there is a larger influence from women compared to other scientific disciplines).
Madison420@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Colossus is still early then all of those are we still really don’t know exactly when construction started because of state secrets and whatnot.
LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Not one I was familiar with, thanks for sharing!