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Computers have obviously transformed our world. You wouldn’t be listing to my voice right now if it wasn’t for computers. 

However, the first computers, a device that could perform arbitrary calculations, actually came well before electronics. It was made of gears, cogs, and levers, and it was able to perform mathematical calculations as well as run simple programs. 

Learn more about Charles Babbage and his analytical engine, the world’s first mechanical computer.

Computers have obviously transformed our world. You wouldn’t be listing to my voice right now if it wasn’t for computers. However, the first computers, a device that could perform arbitrary calculations, actually came well before electronics. It was made of gears, cogs, and levers, and it was able to perform mathematical calculations as well as run simple programs. Learn more about Charles Babbage and his analytical engine, the world’s first mechanical computer.

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an old fashioned machine that is on display

También en el siglo XIX el matemático e inventor británico Charles Babbage elaboró los principios de la computadora digital moderna. Inventó una serie de máquinas, como la máquina diferencial, diseñadas para solucionar problemas matemáticos complejos. Muchos historiadores consideran a Babbage y a su socia, la matemática británica Augusta Ada Byron (1815-1852), hija del poeta inglés Lord Byron, como a los verdaderos inventores de la computadora digital moderna. La tecnología de aquella época…

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an old clock tower with lots of clocks on it's sides

Download this stock image: Part of the Babbage analytical engine computer the first ever designed - A4BAJ3 from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.

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a man standing in front of a machine with lots of wires on top of it

The ancestors of the computer were Englishman Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine (right) and his Analytical Engine. Conceived in the 1830s, the Analytical Engine was never built, but its design had a “store” that held the numbers to be calculated and a “mill” that did the work. Its punch cards gave step-by-step directions. Babbage’s designs showed how a computing machine might work. | The Computer | Kids Discover

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an old drawing of a building with many windows

'Sketch of the Analytical Engine by by L.F. Menabrea, was snapped up by an anonymous buyer after being sold by Moore Allen & Innocent in Cirencester,Glocestershire.

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an old drawing of the structure of a building

Loving the friendly face of Charles Babbage and his amazing inventions, I did a post on him many years ago. Recently, a reader from the Netherlands wrote me a very kind and informative emai…

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an old fashioned computer desk with lots of writing on it

My take on the Analytical Engine by Charles Babbage. The analytical engine changes history in this book as the concept is actually realized. Inspired by William Gipson and Bruce Sterling's The Difference Engine.

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an advertisement for the historical engine, with people standing around it and looking at its wheels

Via The Guardian. ‘Surely there must be a couple of new Ada Lovelaces lurking in this land?” exclaimed digital doyenne Martha Lane Fox last month, as she issued a call for women to turn their hands…

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the history of programming and how to use it in your computer or webpages

📜✨ #TechHistoryThursday: The Birth of Computer Programming ✨📜 In 1883, Ada Lovelace laid the foundation of computer programming as we know it. 🖋️💻 She created the first-ever algorithm for Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, designed to compute Bernoulli numbers. Her pioneering work is celebrated as the birth of computer programming languages—a legacy that continues to shape our digital world. 🌐🚀 #AdaLovelace #TechHistory #ProgrammingPioneer

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