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The first (turing complete) computer actually build was the Z3.
Not many people know about it, because central Berlin in 1943 was not a healthy place for a computer.

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owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Yeah, the Manchester Baby was the first stored-program computer. As others have noticed, you can go down the rabbit hole a long way, depending on what you define as a computer. Fascinating stuff.

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- zagaberoo@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I love how often seemingly simple questions just get fuzzier the closer you look at them.
  
  It reminds me of the surprisingly deep rabbit hole regarding the first video game. People often say it’s Tennis for Two, but there’s not really a clear single answer!
  
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  - TheGibberishGuy@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Love me a good ol’ Ahoy vid
    
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wewbull@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
It was 1941, and not seen as valuable by the Germans.

The British built Collosus in 1943 and used it for code breaking.

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- anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  It was build in 41 and bombed in 43, which is what I alluded to.
  
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