22 Dec
2017
22 Dec
'17
1:03 p.m.
From: Dave Horsfall
Colossus, arguably the world's first electronic
computer
Well, it all depends on your definition of "computer"... :-)
I myself prefer to reserve that term for things that are programmable,
and Turing-complete. (YMMV... :-)
So I call things like Colossus and ABC "digital electronic calculating
devices" (or something similar).
None of which is to take anything away from the incredible job done by Flowers
and his cohorts. It was an amazing device, and had a major effect on history.
Noel