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The analytical engine proposed by Babbage was intended to have powers of calculation so extensive as to seem a long way outside the capacity of mere mechanism, but this was to be brought about by ...

Al­­though Babbage understood the power of programmability, he still viewed the analytical engine as a purely mathematical de­­vice. Only Lovelace foresaw the true po­­­ten­tial of the ...

But that is not the only contribution to the society, in 1991, using Babbage’s original drawings, the Science Museum, London built a functioning Difference Engine No. 2 that was made of 8,000 ...

Lovelace earned her (deserved) nickname as the first computer programmer through an odd route. When Babbage was attempting to finance his Analytical Engine, he gave a lecture in Turin in 1842.

Ada Lovelace, daughter of poet Lord Byron and mathematician Annabella Milbanke, became the world's first programmer in 1843 with her algorithm for Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine.

Working with the English polymath Charles Babbage on his proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine, Lovelace recognized its potential for more than just calculation. This ...

Babbage's brainchild, first conceived in 1837, never wound into life. But now John Graham-Cumming, an influential programmer and science blogger, is leading a quest to build the Analytical Engine ...