Well?
Helen: Soap. No, not soap – let me think… The computer.
The computer?
Helen: Yeah – a computer. I want to talk about a computer.
What is a computer?
Helen: Em… It’s like this electronic thing and it’s like you can close and open it. When you open it, you turn it on and put in your password. Then you can go on Firefox and games.
Who invented it?
Helen: I don’t know that. Do you?
I’m not sure – Charles Babbidge?
Helen: Ah – Charles Babbidge.
And…
Helen: And?
How long have computers been around?
Helen: I don’t know – for quite a long time.
When were they invented?
Helen: I don’t know.
Scott, we were talking about computers…
Scott: Were we?
Me and Helen were.
Scott: Yeah.
How would you describe a computer?
Scott: A technical device thing.
That does what?
Scott: Lots of things.
When were they invented?
Scott: No idea, but I know what the first computer was.
What?
Scott: It wasn’t actually the first computer, but it was the first thing they named a computer. It was a big thing used for solving maths equations.
Who invented it?
Scott: No idea.
Grandpa?
Scott: (laughs) He was a three-year-old…
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