Could 2,000-year-old machine from tomb in China be world’s earliest binary computer?

Silk-weaving loom dating to Western Han is world’s oldest known ‘computer hardware’ with corresponding ‘software’, China science body says.
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Ti Hua Ji: World’s earliest computer is a silk loom built in China 2000 years ago

The world's earliest computer was a silk loom built in China over two millennia ago, according to a claim made by China's ...

2,000-year-old machine found in western China tomb could be a binary computer: authorities

Sophisticated silk-weaving loom dating back to the Western Han dynasty used physical pattern cards which acted like ancient software.
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2,000-year-old machine found in China tomb could be binary computer

The computer, at its core, is an input-output device: it receives instructions, executes programmes, performs calculations automatically and produces results.By this fundamental definition, China's ...