A computer is a machine or device that performs processes, calculations and operations based on

instructions provided by a software or hardware program.

Charles Babbage the father of computer

We could argue that the first computer was the abacus or its descendant, the slide rule, invented by
William Oughtred in 1622. But the first computer resembling today's modern machines was the
Analytical Engine, a device conceived and designed by British mathematician Charles Babbage between
1833 and 1871.

What was the first computer called?

ENIAC

ENIAC, World's First Computer. In 1946 the first computer was announced. It was called ENIAC, which
stood for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer.