First computer Hardware
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The First Computing Hardware
Charles Babbage, born 1791
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FFather of the computer
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1830
Difference engine
-used
mechanical power
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calculated mathematical tables
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smallest imperfections caused errors
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Funded by the British government
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Funding was pulled, even his
colleagues thought it wouldn't work
–conceived the
analytical engine
to
perform many types of calculations
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his son built a model of the machine
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working version only built 1991