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INVENTIONS
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Question
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Who is the inventor of the first modern computer?
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Howard Aiken
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Karl Benz
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Henry Ford
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Howard Hathaway Aiken (1900-1973) was a major figure of the early digital era. He is best known for his first machine, the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator or Harvard Mark I, conceived in 1937 and put into operation in 1944.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (Harvard Mark I) was the first operating machine that could execute long computations automatically. A project conceived by Harvard University’s Dr. Howard Aiken, the Mark I was built by IBM engineers in Endicott, N.Y.
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