Babbage is considered the father of computers, because his Analytical Engine contained integrated memory and an arithmetic logic unit.

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Babbage is considered the “father of computers", because his Analytical Engine contained integrated memory and an arithmetic logic unit.

A	True
B	False
C	Either A or B
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Charles Babbage was considered to be the father of computing after his concept, and then later the invention of the Analytical Engine in 1837. The Analytical Engine contained an ALU (arithmetic logic unit), basic flow control, and integrated memory; hailed as the first general-purpose computer concept.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Analytical Engine was to be a general-purpose, fully program-controlled, automatic mechanical digital computer. It would be able to perform any calculation set before it. There is no evidence that anyone before Babbage had ever conceived of such a device, let alone attempted to build one.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Babbage Analytical Engine, 1833, is considered the first steam-powered computer. Charles Babbage is considered by many to be the ‘Father of the Computer’ and his assistant, Lady Ada Lovelace, the ‘First Computer Programmer’ because she wrote mathematics problems for Babbage’s machines.

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