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by rootbear 2746 days ago
I tend to think of the Antikythera mechanism as a calculator as opposed to a computer. I save the term computer for things that are Turning complete (ignoring physical limits). Thus, computers have features like branching and looping. Calculators generally lack these features or have them in very restricted forms. By this definition, which I grant is somewhat arbitrary, the Antikythera mechanism is a calculator.