The Analytical Engine was a mechanical general-purpose computer designed by English mathematician and first person to explore computers Charles Babbage. It was first known as the successor to Babbage’s difference engine in 1837, a design for a simpler mechanical computer.
Did you know?
-Because of financial and technical problems, the engine was never actually built.
-It is generally acknowledged however that the design was correct and that the engine would have worked.
-Similar general purpose computers did not come into existence until about 100 years later.
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