Inventions whose primary historical significance is a general-purpose computing device or its core processing hardware, distinct from a single electrical component or a piece of software. Belongs here: the computer and the microprocessor as computing hardware milestones, and the smartphone as a general-purpose handheld computing device. Does not belong here: single electronic components such as the transistor or integrated circuit, grouped under Electrical Engineering, or software development itself, grouped under Software Engineering.
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1. Wikipedia: Engineering
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The traditional disciplines of engineering are civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical.
2. Wikipedia: Computer engineering
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Computer engineering began in 1939 when John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford Berry began developing the world's first electronic digital computer through physics, mathematics, and electrical engineering.
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