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.
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owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 2 days agoYeah, 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.
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BassTurd@lemmy.world 2 days 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 2 days 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).