Computer/gallery
< Computer
- Computers of the past
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![This ancient Greek computer was only marginally a computer because it was programmable only to the extent that it had to be "dialed" to a particular Saros cycle. But the design was so advanced that it has been called the first laptop[1][2].](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/NAMA_Machine_d%27Anticyth%C3%A8re_1.jpg/250px-NAMA_Machine_d%27Anticyth%C3%A8re_1.jpg)
This ancient Greek computer was only marginally a computer because it was programmable only to the extent that it had to be "dialed" to a particular Saros cycle. But the design was so advanced that it has been called the first laptop[1][2]. -
The Jacquard loom was developed in 1801. Note the wooden punch cards. -
The Harvard (human) Computers helped us ascertain the size, temperature, and chemical composition of stars. -
Turing's bombe was an electro-mechanical computer used to break the German Enigma machine. -
First weather computer 1950
![This ancient Greek computer was only marginally a computer because it was programmable only to the extent that it had to be "dialed" to a particular Saros cycle. But the design was so advanced that it has been called the first laptop[1][2].](/wiki/File:NAMA_Machine_d%27Anticyth%C3%A8re_1.jpg)
