A Turing machine is the original idealized model of a computer, invented by Alan Turing in 1936. Turing machines are equivalent to modern electronic computers at a certain theoretical level, but differ in many details.

Did Alan Turing create the first computer?

Alan Turing was one of the most influential British figures of the 20th century. In 1936, Turing invented the computer as part of his attempt to solve a fiendish puzzle known as the Entscheidungsproblem.

What machine is the first computer?

First Computers

The first substantial computer was the giant ENIAC machine by John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert at the University of Pennsylvania. ENIAC (Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator) used a word of 10 decimal digits instead of binary ones like previous automated calculators/computers.