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Sort of! Babbage conceived of the first programmable computer. His design was mechanical and mainly intended for the calculation of mathematical tables which were used by the navy for navigation. So if you looked at Babbage's computer (and there's a reconstruction the London science museum) it doesn't look anything like a modern computer. However, logically, it is a programmable computer so in that sense it's the first computer.

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