Quote: Babbage's analytical engine used a store for variables and a mill for calculations

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It is known as a fact that the Jacquard loom is capable of weaving any design which the imagination of man may conceive. ... The analogy of the Analytical Engine with this well-known process is nearly perfect. The Analytical Engine consists of two parts:-- 1st. The store in which all the variables to be operated upon [and intermediate results] are placed. 2nd. The mill into which the quantities about to be operated upon are always brought.

60 "The means I have employed are in daily use in the art of weaving patterns. It is accomplished by systems of cards punched with various holes strung together to any extent which may be demanded.   Google-1   Google-2

Published before 1923

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Quote: the Jacquard loom could weave any imaginable design; basis for Babbage's analytical engine

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