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    The earliest computers were humans who performed calculations with mechanical aids like the ancient abacus. Some early mechanical calculating devices included the Pascaline adder from 1642 and Charles Babbage's proposed but unbuilt Difference Engine from 1822. Babbage also designed the Analytical Engine, intended to be the first programmable computer using punch cards, with Ada Lovelace writing the first computer program. The world's first automatic, digital and programmable computer was the German Z3 from 1941, followed by the large-scale electromechanical Harvard Mark I computer built in 1944.

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    The earliest computers were humans who performed calculations with mechanical aids like the ancient abacus. Some early mechanical calculating devices included the Pascaline adder from 1642 and Charles Babbage's proposed but unbuilt Difference Engine from 1822. Babbage also designed the Analytical Engine, intended to be the first programmable computer using punch cards, with Ada Lovelace writing the first computer program. The world's first automatic, digital and programmable computer was the German Z3 from 1941, followed by the large-scale electromechanical Harvard Mark I computer built in 1944.

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    Class Notes: The First Computers

    Definition:

    The term "computer" originally referred to a human who performed numerical


    calculations, often with the aid of a mechanical calculating device.
    Ancient Tools and Devices:

    Abacus: An ancient calculating tool used primarily in parts of Asia for arithmetic
    tasks.
    Antikythera Mechanism: An ancient Greek analog device used to predict astronomical
    positions and eclipses.
    Mechanical Computers:

    Pascaline (1642): Invented by Blaise Pascal, it was a mechanical calculator capable


    of addition and subtraction.
    Difference Engine (1822): Proposed by Charles Babbage, this machine was designed to
    automate the process of creating mathematical tables. It was never fully built in
    his lifetime.
    Analytical Engine (Mid-1830s): Also proposed by Babbage, this machine was designed
    to be programmable using punch cards. Ada Lovelace wrote the first algorithm
    intended for this engine, earning her the title of the world's first computer
    programmer.
    Electromechanical Computers:

    Z3 (1941): Designed by Konrad Zuse in Germany, it was the first automatic,


    programmable digital computer and was used for aircraft and missile designs.
    Harvard Mark I (1944): Built by Howard Aiken and Grace Hopper at Harvard
    University, it was a large-scale electromechanical computer.

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