Analytical Engine

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The Analytical Engine was a design by Babbage, Charles in the 1830s following his Difference Engine, inspired by the punch-card-based Jacquard Looms It was never completed, but in concept is seen as the first programable computer. Lovelace, Ada, long term collaborator with Babbage idetified the special qualities of the ``{\em The Difference Engine can merely tabulate, and is incapable of developing, the Analytical Engine can either tabulate or develope.}''

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