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- n. computing A mechanical special-purpose computer used to generate tables of values of polynomials.
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Steampunk
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Public List: Calculating Devices
Some interesting pre-electronic number crunchers.
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whichbe Steampunk Unboxing: Difference Engine Arrives in Silicon Valley Jun 30, 2008
skipvia Charles Babbage, 1882. Composed of 25,000 parts, weighed 15 tons (13,600 kg) and stood 8 feet (2.4 m) high. It was never completed, and Babbage left to pursue another idea, a more complex Analytical Engine, which could be programmed using punch cards. See Calculating Devices. Jan 26, 2008