DocumentCode
842498
Title
Lovelace & Babbage and the creation of the 1843 ´notes´
Author
Fuegi, John ; Francis, Jo
Author_Institution
Maryland Inst. for Technol. in Humanities, MD, USA
Volume
25
Issue
4
fYear
2003
Firstpage
16
Lastpage
26
Abstract
Augusta Ada Lovelace worked with Charles Babbage to create a description of Babbage\´s unbuilt invention, the analytical engine, a highly advanced mechanical calculator often considered a forerunner of the electronic calculating computers of the 20th century. Ada Lovelace\´s "notes," describing the analytical engine, published in Taylor\´s scientific memoirs in 1843, contained a ground-breaking description of the possibilities of programming the machine to go beyond number-crunching to "computing" in the wider sense in which we understand the term today. We expand on research first presented by the authors in their documentary film, to dream tomorrow.
Keywords
analogue computers; calculating apparatus; digital computers; history; analytical engine; documentary film; electronic calculating computer; machine programming; mechanical calculator; Autobiographies; Books; Collaboration; Computer vision; Difference engines; Music; Pattern analysis;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1058-6180
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MAHC.2003.1253887
Filename
1253887
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