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apr 1, 1849 - Charles Babbage The concept of the computer

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Charles Babbage was an English mechanical engineer. He created the idea of a programmable computer. Considered the "father of the computer" although he invented the computer he failed to build them and the first built computer was in 2002, 153 years after it was designed.

https://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/

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apr 1, 1849
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~ 177 years ago