The first mechanical computer is an Analytical Engine, which was designed by Charles Babbage, the Father of the Computer.

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In context: Harvard University officially introduced the Harvard Mark I computer on August 7, 1944. Also known as the Automated Sequence Controlled Calculator or ASCC, the computer was the brainchild ...