Charles Babbage is considered the father of modern digital programmable computers. He was born on December 26, 1791, in London, England.
Who is known as the father of modern digital programmable computer and why?''
Babbage had a team of clerks working on mathematical and statistical tables for him. He had to spend many hours checking these tables since even the most attention and precaution could not remove human error. With this sort of monotonous work, he quickly became dissatisfied and annoyed.
As a consequence, he began to think about developing a computer capable of producing error-free tables. In this manner, Babbage created a "difference engine" in 1822 that could generate reliable tables. In 1842, Babbage designed a totally automated analytical engine capable of completing fundamental arithmetic operations for any mathematical problem at a speed of 60 additions per minute.
However, he was unable to build a working model of this machine because the precise engineering required to build it was not available at the time. However, his efforts established several key principles for the design of any digital programmable computer.
The Analytical Engine was the first general-purpose computer idea, with an Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU), basic flow control, and integrated memory.
In 1944, Dr. Howard Aiken of Harvard University collaborated with IBM to build a large-scale electro-mechanical computer. The "Mark I" computer was inspired by Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine.
Reference: Computer Fundamentals (Pradeep K. Sinha)
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