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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
He invented the Difference Engine
A
John Napier
B
Bill Gates
C
Jeon Jungkook
D
Charles Babbage
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The calculating engines of English mathematician Charles Babbage (1791-1871) are among the most celebrated icons in the prehistory of computing. Babbage’s Difference Engine No.1 was the first successful automatic calculator and remains one of the finest examples of precision engineering of the time.

Detailed explanation-2: -Difference Engine, an early calculating machine, verging on being the first computer, designed and partially built during the 1820s and ‘30s by Charles Babbage.

Detailed explanation-3: -Charles Babbage (1791-1871), computer pioneer, designed two classes of engine, Difference Engines, and Analytical Engines.

Detailed explanation-4: -It was designed in the 1820s, and was first created by Charles Babbage. The name, the difference engine, is derived from the method of divided differences, a way to interpolate or tabulate functions by using a small set of polynomial co-efficients.

Detailed explanation-5: -Still, the British adopted his proposed two-shilling piece, or florin, making ten florins equal to a pound sterling. Babbage never fully finished the expanded Difference Engine, which he began calling the “Analytical Engine, ” but parts of the original ran smoothly in displays and kept bringing him more attention.

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