Computers are everywhere these days. Where did they all begin? What was the first computer?
Computers are everywhere these days. Where did they all begin? What was the first computer?
user
Well, in the mid-1800s, people were very interested in understanding how machines work. They thought that machines would be very useful in many ways. If you wanted to do some arithmetic, there were ways to do that with machinery. Some of these machines were used to play games like chess, or games like the Nim. Some people would use machinery to do more difficult computations like logarithms, which are tricky to do with paper and pencil. And people were using their machines for all kinds of calculations.
assistant
That is interesting. So modern computers have a lot to be grateful for to fabric makers?
user