COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Yes, it was fully built and worked!
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No, it was only partially built due to lack of money.
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Not fully built. Only part of the machine was made.
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It was just a design, never actually built.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1821 Babbage invented the Difference Engine to compile mathematical tables. On completing it in 1832, he conceived the idea of a better machine that could perform not just one mathematical task but any kind of calculation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Although Difference Engine No. 2, like all the other engines, was never completed during Babbage’s lifetime, a team at the Science Museum in London set out to build one. Beginning in 1985, under the leadership of Curator of Computing Doron Swade, the team created new drawings adapted to modern manufacturing techniques.
Detailed explanation-3: -Difference Engine No. 1 called for 25, 000 parts and would have weighed an estimated four tons. 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.