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If by "computer" you mean general purpose programmable digital computer then most likely the mechanical Analytical Engine in the 1840s, but Babbage was never able to build it.

If you mean any computer (including special purpose analog) then most likely the mechanical Antikythera mechanism found in a shipwreck off Greece in 1900. It is believed to have been made and used in the 2nd century BCE.

If you mean electronic computer (including special purpose) then most likely the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) designed in 1937.

If you mean electronic general purpose programmable digital computer then most likely ENIAC designed in 1943.

If you mean "computer" as originally defined in dictionaries, that was not designed it evolved as the first computer was a human computer.

There are lots of "first computers".

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