Sunday, June 5, 2011

Babbage’s Analytical Engine - 1833


Analytical engine is the first general purpose digital computer it has following points.
  • Mechanical, digital, general-purpose computer
  • Was crank-driven
  • Could store instructions
  • Could perform mathematical calculations
  • Had the ability to print
  • Could punched cards as permanent memory
  • Invented by Joseph-Marie Jacquard

 




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