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The digital computer was developed primarily in

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Q. The digital computer was developed primarily in
  1. USSR
  2. Japan
  3. USA
  4. UK
Answer: USA
Charles Babbage, an English mechanical engineer and polymath, originated the concept of a programmable computer. Considered the "father of the computer", he conceptualized and invented the first mechanical computer in the early 19th century. 
John Vincent Atanasoff (October 4, 1903 – June 15, 1995) was an American-Bulgarian physicist and inventor, best known for being credited with inventing the first electronic digital computer.

History of computing hardware

First generation (mechanical/electromechanical)CalculatorsPascal's calculatorArithmometerDifference engineQuevedo's analytical machines
Programmable devicesJacquard loomAnalytical engineIBM ASCC/Harvard Mark IHarvard Mark IIIBM SSECZ1Z2Z3
Second generation (vacuum tubes)CalculatorsAtanasoff–Berry ComputerIBM 604UNIVAC 60UNIVAC 120
Programmable devicesColossusENIACManchester Small-Scale Experimental MachineEDSACManchester Mark 1Ferranti PegasusFerranti MercuryCSIRACEDVACUNIVAC IIBM 701IBM 702IBM 650Z22
Third generation (discrete transistors and SSI, MSI, LSI integrated circuits)MainframesIBM 7090IBM 7080IBM System/360BUNCH
MinicomputerHP 2116AIBM System/32IBM System/36LINCPDP-8PDP-11
Desktop ComputerProgramma 101HP 9100
Fourth generation (VLSI integrated circuits)MinicomputerVAXIBM System i
4-bit microcomputerIntel 4004Intel 4040
8-bit microcomputerIntel 8008Intel 8080Motorola 6800Motorola 6809MOS Technology 6502Zilog Z80
16-bit microcomputerIntel 8088Zilog Z8000WDC 65816/65802
32-bit microcomputerIntel 80386PentiumMotorola 68000ARM
64-bit microcomputerAlphaMIPSPA-RISCPowerPCSPARCx86-64ARMv8-A
Embedded computerIntel 8048Intel 8051
Personal computerDesktop computerHome computerLaptop computer, Personal digital assistant (PDA), Portable computerTablet PCWearable computer
Theoretical/experimentalQuantum computerChemical computerDNA computingOptical computerSpintronics-based computer

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