An infinitive is a verbal consisting of the word to plus a verb (in its simplest stem form) and functioning as a noun, adjective, or adverb. The term verbal indicates that an infinitive, like the other two kinds of verbals, is based on a verb and therefore expresses action or a state of being.
English mathematician Charles Babbage is often referred to as the father of computing.. Babbage invented the first automatic calculator, which is still regarded as a prominent example of precision engineering, in the 1800s. Continue Reading.
Charles Babbage: the brain that invented the computer. Though Silicon Valley may be the heart of the commercialisation of all things digital, it is the British who can proudly boast having invented the computer.