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Atanasoff's invention was a what type of machine?

Special-purpose machine
General-purpose machine
Analog machine
Quantum computer

Answer

The answer is a special-purpose machine. Atanasoff's invention, the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC), was specifically designed to solve systems of linear equations, making it a special-purpose machine rather than a general-purpose computer. It was the first electronic digital computer, but its specialized design distinguished it from later, more versatile computers.