COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Analytical Engine
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Calculating Clock
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Difference Engine
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Arithmometer
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Detailed explanation-1: -An early prototype of the Difference Engine was built by 1822, and Babbage, with the help of the British government, started work on the full machine in 1823. It was intended to be steam-powered and fully automatic, unlike other mechanical calculating machines that required manual operation.
Detailed explanation-2: -He designed a steam powered calculating device called the Difference Engine. The machine had the ability to receive data, process it, store it, and display it.
Detailed explanation-3: -Difference Engine No. 1, designed to calculate and tabulate polynomial functions. The design describes a machine to calculate a series of values and print results automatically in a table. Integral to the concept of the design is a printing apparatus mechanically coupled to the calculating section and integral to it.