Jacquard looms and Charles Babbage's Difference Engine both had simple, extremely limited languages for describing the actions that these machines should perform.
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Babbage was driven to develop his Difference Engine by the belief that there could be a foolproof mechanical way of making mathematical calculations.
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He later went on to develop a far more sophisticated device, the Analytical Engine, as well as a Difference Engine No . 2.
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William Gibson and Bruce Sterling's novel " The Difference Engine " ( 1990 ) is often credited with bringing widespread awareness of steampunk.
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:I second A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky; also try The Difference Engine for something a bit more historical.
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In June 1833 Ada visited Charles Babbage and saw his difference engine, and Sophia reported that she had understood the principle of the machine.
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Swedish engineers Georg and Edvard Scheutz, inspired by a description of the difference engine, created a mechanical calculation device based on the design in 1853.
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The Sprawl trilogy was followed by the 1990 novel " The Difference Engine ", an alternative history novel Gibson wrote in collaboration with Bruce Sterling.
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Charles Babbage, the inventor of the difference engine, a precursor to the modern computer, invited her to his office to show her his newest calculator.
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Meanwhile, Babbage's attention had moved on to developing an analytical engine, further undermining the government s confidence in the eventual success of the difference engine.
