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The difference engine is a mechanical calculator. It was designed in the 19th century.
An engine is a program that performs a core or essential function. A special-purpose program that uses deep learning to query data is called an engine.
The Latin method of divide difference gave rise to the word difference engine.
The Difference Engine, an early calculating machine, was designed and partially built during the 1820s and ’30s.
The Difference Engine was a digital device that used digits instead of bits, and it was represented by positions on toothed wheels.
The Latin method of divide difference inspired the word difference engine. A difference engine is an automatic mechanical calculator that is designed to calculate or tabulate a function. The coefficients can be used to tabulate the functions.
It is better to see the thing for yourself, rather than imagining the side of a crib with uprights ringed by small metal wheels. The first gallery of the “Information Age” exhibit at the National Museum of American History has it.