John Vincent Atanasoff
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John Vincent Atanasoff was an American physicist and inventor credited with inventing the first electronic digital computer. Atanasoff invented the first electronic digital computer in the 1930s at Io
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Atanasoff as a young man
Atanasoff with his computer
1997 replica of the Atanasoff–Berry Computer at Durham Center, Iowa State University
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A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations. Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations know
John Vincent Atanasoff
…romanized: Džon Vinsent Atanasov, October 4, 1903 – June 15, 1995) was an American physicist and inventor credited with inventing the first electronic digital computer. Atanasoff invented the first electronic digital computer in the 1930s at Iowa State College (now known as Iowa State University). Challenges to his…
A human computer, with microscope and calculator, 1952
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