Different Kinds of Analytical and Difference Engines (446 words, 1 pages)
The Analytical and Difference Engines (1835-1869) The English mathematician Charles Babbage (1792-1871) never got to build his invention, but his design had an uncanny resemblance to the modern computer. Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's daughter, wrote eloquently about the device and was history's first programmer. The ABC (Atanasoff Berry Computer) (1938) ...
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