The first digital computer Short for Atanasoff-Berry Computer, the ABC started being developed by Professor John Vincent Atanasoff and graduate student Cliff Berry in 1937 and continued to be developed until 1942 at the Iowa State College (now Iowa State University). (jan 10, 1937 – may 1, 1942)
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jan 10, 1937
may 1, 1942
~ 5 years and 3 months