Is this 2,000-year-old tool the world's oldest computer?

For over a century since it was found in an ancient shipwreck, scientists have been scratching their heads over the exact function of the "Antikythera mechanism":http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/, named after the Greek island off which it was found.

From a few words deciphered on the corroded fragments of bronze gears and plates, experts "guessed it was an astronomical instrument":http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/ant.... But much more remained obscure.

After a deca…
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