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Originally Posted by AstroGuy
Correct me If I'm wrong, I think the original computer was stonehenge?
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It depends on how you define the word "computer". As I alluded to above, Charles Babbage built the first known
programmable calculating machines in the early/mid 1800s. All known calculating devices predating them were fixed function (including slide rules). Electronic computers came much later. Have a look at <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer> for a reasonable summary of the computer's history.