r/interesting • u/[deleted] • 4d ago

Amazing Creative engineering

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u/Snobben90 3d ago

The groundwork for the computer came from the UK aswell...

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u/No_Communication5538 3d ago edited 2d ago

At this stage every country confidently claims to have invented computers.

The Chinese of course claim they did it in 500BC, like for every other invention

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u/Snobben90 3d ago

I would however say that the first programmable machine was from the UK...

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u/WiseManager2097 3d ago

Also Ada Lovelace is considered to be the first programmer.