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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Babbage never finished building his Difference Engine because ____
A
The British government pulled funding
B
Precise metal parts were hard to get
C
Babbage ran out of money
D
All of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Babbage was never able to complete construction of any of his machines due to conflicts with his chief engineer and inadequate funding. It was not until 1941 that Konrad Zuse built the first general-purpose computer, Z3, more than a century after Babbage had proposed the pioneering Analytical Engine in 1837.

Detailed explanation-2: -Construction was abruptly halted in 1833 when Clement downed tools and fired his workmen following a dispute with Babbage over compensation for moving Clement’s workshop closer to Babbage’s house. The Engine was never built. Some 12, 000 unused precision parts were later melted down for scrap.

Detailed explanation-3: -Eventually, Babbage couldn’t get the Difference Engine fully built, because his complex machine needed a lot of money. The UK government tried to help with funding, but Babbage eventually used up all the money they gave him.

Detailed explanation-4: -7. Difference between Difference engine and Analytical engine. Analytical Engines can solve any set of calculations with the help of a processor, punch cards, and a bunch of codes. While the difference engine is a mechanical calculator that was designed to calculate polynomial functions.

Detailed explanation-5: -For a complex variety of reasons, Babbage failed to build a complete Difference Engine. His engineer, Joseph Clement, completed one-seventh of the full machine in 1832; it worked impeccably, but the project was abandoned following a dispute about payment.

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