Ubani owasungula i-computer?
UCharles Babbage udunyiswa kabanzi ngokuqamba umqondo wekhompyutha yokuqala, futhi eqinisweni uye wabizwa ngokuthi "uyise we-computer". Imiklamo yakhe yaholela ekwakhiweni komshini wokuqala we - digital emhlabeni - "i - Difference Engine". Imibono kaBabbage yathathwa u-Ada Lovelace, ochaze i-algorithm yokubala izinombolo zikaBernoulli esebenzisa enye yamadivayisi ayewahlongozile. Ngokubhala le-algorithm, uLovelace uye wahlonishwa njengohlelo lokuqala lwekhompyutha emhlabeni, futhi kumanothi ahambisana nalo kuthiwa wenza umehluko wokuqala phakathi kwe-hardware ne-software.  U-Alan Turing uvame ukubhekwa njengobaba wesayensi yamakhompyutha yanamuhla, nangokusungula amakhompyutha okuqala anamuhla. Phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yesibili, amadivayisi kaTuring aphula i-Enigma Code, eyayisetshenziswa amaJalimane ukuze ahlanganise konke ukuxhumana kwawo kwezempi. Ngokwenza kanjalo, kuthiwa uTuring wasindisa izigidi zabantu. Ngemva kwempi, uTuring washicilela umklamo oningiliziwe "we-Automatic Computing Engine" (ACE), owawuyisandulela sekhompyutha yanamuhla, ngisho nokugcina izinhlelo zayo enkumbulweni.  Ngo-1950, uTuring washicilela iphepha elichaza lokho okwaziwa ngokuthi "Ukuhlolwa KukaTuring" - indlela yokuqhathanisa okwenziwa abantu nemishini. Lo mbhalo ubhekwa kabanzi njengesiqalo sokuthuthukiswa kobuhlakani bokufakelwa.