Charles Babbage was born in London on December 26, 1791. He studied and received his master’s in mathematics at the University of Cambridge, before being elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.

Video of the famed Babbage difference engine, widely regarded as the first complex mechanical computer. There are two in the world, and All Things Digital captured one in action on a behind-the-scenes ...

THE computer is the most versatile invention ever made, and most of us carry one around with us all the time. British mathematician Charles Babbage came up with the idea for an automatic computer, ...

"Charles Babbage completed plans for an elaborate, all-mechanical calculator in 1849. His Difference Engine #2 was so complicated, with more than 8,000 separate parts, that it was never built during ...

Do you ever wonder who you should thank for the laptops and desktops that make your life easier every day? It's Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor and not just the companies that are ...

to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. British researchers announced plans this week to finally build Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, a gear-based proto-computer ...

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When was the first computer invented? The concept of a digital programmable computer was originated by Charles Babbage an English mechanical engineer and mathematician. Babbage designed the Difference ...

THE computer is the most versatile invention ever made, and most of us carry one around with us all the time. But who do we have to thank for creating the very first computer? British mathematician ...

COMPUTERS are an integral part of our everyday life and it's hard to imagine the world without them. But who when was the first one invented? Here's what we know. The concept of a digital programmable ...