The use of digital electronics -LRB- largely invented by PERSON@1 in NUMBER@1 -RRB- and more flexible programmability were vitally important steps , but defining one point along this road as `` the first digital electronic computer '' is difficult .

The use of digital electronics -LRB- largely invented by PERSON@1 in NUMBER@1 -RRB- and more flexible programmability were very important steps . It is difficult to define one point along this road as `` the first digital electronic computer '' .
