FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS

HISTORY OF COMPUTERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This machine stored codes for weaving fabric in a pattern. It was the ____
A
Stepped Reckoner
B
Pascaline
C
Difference engine
D
Jaquard’s Loom
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Jacquard machine (French: [ʒakaʁ]) is a device fitted to a loom that simplifies the process of manufacturing textiles with such complex patterns as brocade, damask and matelassé. The resulting ensemble of the loom and Jacquard machine is then called a Jacquard loom.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Jacquard Loom-a revolutionary invention His Jacquard machine, when attached to a loom, made it possible for complex and detailed patterns to be manufactured by unskilled workers in a fraction of the time it took previously. It revolutionised how patterned cloth could be woven.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Jacquard mechanism, invented by Frenchman Joseph Marie Jacquard and first demonstrated in 1801, simplified the way in which complex textiles such as damask were woven. The mechanism involved the use of thousands of punch cards laced together. Each row of punched holes corresponded to a row of a textile pattern.

Detailed explanation-4: -Invented by Joseph Jacquard and demonstrated in 1801, the Jacquard Loom is an attachment for powered fabric looms. It uses a chain of punch cards to instruct the loom on how to make intricate textiles.

Detailed explanation-5: -In Lyon, France, Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834) demonstrated in 1801 a loom that enabled unskilled workers to weave complex patterns in silk. The Jacquard Loom is controlled by a chain of multiple cards punched with holes that determine which cords of the fabric warp should be raised for each pass of the shuttle.

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