Charles Babbage
An analytical engine is a mechanical general-purpose computer which was designed and envisaged by Charles Babbage, but never built.
Charles Babbage. It was designed as a general purpose programmable computer, mostly to be used to compute tables for navigation and mathematics.
Sorry, it wasn't. It was designed but has never been built.
He designed the Analytical Engine in the 1830s, but never built it.
perform calculations according to a program, just like modern computers.
perform calculations according to a program, just like modern computers.
perform calculations according to a program, just like modern computers.
Analytical Engine
features of analytical engine
He wanted to build a mechanical computer. He designed it and called it the Analytical Engine. He never finished building it, though.
In 1837, Charles Babbage, a British professor of mathematics described his idea for the Analytical Engine, the first stored-program mechanical computer. The Analytical Engine was designed to be powered by a steam engine and was to use Punched Cards, which was used to program mechanical looms at the time