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No, the first electronic digital computer was made in 1942. Its invention was about 1937.Electronic digital computers have been manufactured for sale since 1950.


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Atanasoff Berry Computer ( ABC ) was the first electronic digital computer device conceived or invented in 1937-38 and was first demonstrated in October 1939 and was not successfully tested until 1942.


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The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) was designed and built between 1937 and 194 by John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry at the University of Iowa. It is recognized as the first automatic electronic digital computer.


What was the first computer designed?

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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ABC-1039 The Atanasoff-Berry Computer was the world's first electronic digital computer. It wasbuilt by John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford Berry at Iowa State University during 1937-42. It incorporated several major innovations in computing including the use of binary arithmetic, regenerative memory, parallel processing, and separation of memory and computing functions.


What year was the first computer built?

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The first electronic digital computer built was the ABC (Atannasof Berry Computer), from 1937 to 1942. It was a special purpose machine designed for the sole purpose of solving systems of simultaneous equations having up to 29 variables. It was one of the first calculating devices to use binary number representation (50 bit words). It was the first calculating machine to use dynamic memory requiring refresh (capacitors), to separate arithmetic circuits from memory circuits, and to do array/vector processing (30 word arrays/vectors processed in parallel). It was a little bit bigger than an office desk.


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George Stibitz did not invent the computer, but he was a pioneer in the field of computing. In 1937, he created the first binary relay computer, known as the Model K, which was an early demonstration of digital computing principles. His work, along with that of others, laid the groundwork for the development of modern computers.


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