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Charles Babbage, but he never built it. It was mechanical, slow, and very big. If he had built it, just the 1000 word data memory would have occupied over 250 square feet of floor space.

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Charle Babbage is credited for inventing the computer since he first thought about using a machine for mathematical problems. John Mauchly actually developed the first electronic computer.

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