Where did Atanasoff invent his computer?
Harvard University
The Pentagon
Iowa State College
At his home
Answer
Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC), the world's first electronic digital computer, was invented by John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford Berry at Iowa State College in 1939. The ABC was a special-purpose computer designed to solve systems of linear equations. It was the first computer to use binary arithmetic and regenerative memory, which laid the foundation for modern computing.
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