Multiple choice technology programming languages

What is the name of the First Programmable Computer?

  1. ABACUS

  2. COLOSSUS

  3. Difference Engine

  4. LISA
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Explanation

COLOSSUS (1943) was the first programmable electronic computer, designed by Tommy Flowers for British code-breaking at Bletchley Park. It used vacuum tubes and was programmed via plugboards and switches to break German Lorenz cipher. ABACUS is ancient (not electronic), Difference Engine was mechanical (1830s, not programmable), and LISA was Apple's 1980s GUI computer.

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