Difference Engine A numerical table is a tool designed to save the time and labor of those engaged in computing work. The oldest tables which are preserved, were compiled in Babylon in the period ...

Charles Babbage Analytical Engine History It seems like a marvel that the world’s first digital computer, which included about every key concept of the current digital computer in its mechanical ...

He designed but never fully built either his difference engine or his early computer, dubbed an “analytical engine.” Nevertheless, Lovelace grasped potential applications of the proposed technology ...