Excellent animated overview of how the_
Excellent animated overview of how the Analytical Engine would read two numbers off punch cards, store them in memory addresses (read from other punch cards), pass them to the adding component, then write the result to a third address.
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This is, to the best of my understanding, a broad overview of how Babbage's Analytical Engine worked. There's a lot simplified, left out, and shifted around for simplicity, but I hope this makes it less mysterious. For much more on Babbage, Lovelace, and the Engine, see my graphic novel The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage at all fine bookstores! http://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/the-book/
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