BBC NEWS reports: "Sixty years ago the 'modern computer' was born in a lab in Manchester.
The Small Scale Experimental Machine, or 'Baby', was the first to contain memory which could store a program.
The room-sized computer's ability to carry out different tasks - without having to be rebuilt - has led some to describe it as the 'first modern PC'."
You might say we have come a long way. Check out the video on the page to see how far.
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