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208 - Charles Babbage

Author
Jeni McDonald and Will Hageman
Published
Tue 07 Feb 2023
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Charles Babbage was a 19th century inventor and polymath who is most famous for inventing the programmable digital computer in a purely mechanical as opposed to electrical form.  He was joined by Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron, who was an early visionary with ideas about the application of computers beyond mere calculation.

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