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I never am really satisfied that I understand anything; because, understand it well as I may, my comprehension can only be an infinitesimal fraction of all I want to understand about the many connections and relations which occur to me, how the matter in question was first thought of or arrived at, etc., etc.
In almost every computation a great variety of arrangements for the succession of the processes is possible, and various considerations must influence the selections amongst them for the purposes of a calculating engine. One essential object is to choose that arrangement which shall tend to reduce to a minimum the time necessary for completing the calculation.
Many persons who are not conversant with mathematical studies imagine that because the business of [Babbage's Analytical Engine] is to give its results in numerical notation, the nature of its processes must consequently be arithmetical and numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine its numerical quantities exactly as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and in fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly.
The Analytical Engine has no pretensions whatever to originate anything. It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform. It can follow analysis, but it has no power of anticipating any analytical revelations or truths. Its province is to assist us in making available what we are already acquainted with.
The Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patterns, just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.
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Where did Lady Lovelace go to school Her full name is Ada Byron Lovelace?
She was homeschooled by her mum and he name is augusat Ada lovelace .....
What career did Lady Byron not want Ada Lovelace to be?
an enginer
What was Lady Ada Byron Lovelace first job?
Ada Byron Lovelace inherited the gift of intelligence of her father, Lord Byron. She was a brilliant mathematician, who along with Charles Babbage, worked to create the first programmable computer. Ada spent her life and did all of her work in England.
Who is lady Augusta Ada lovelace famous father?
lord Byron (lord ma bruder)
How did Ada Byron become Ada Byron lovelace?
she program that to now how to internet
When did Ada Lovelace get the measles?
Ada Lovelace contracted the measles in 1829 when she was 13 years old.
Who helped Babbage in his work?
Lady Ada Lovelace (daughter of the poet, Lord Byron).
What career did Lady Bryon not want Ada Lovelace to be?
Ada Lovelace was a mathematician and is known as the world's first computer programmer. Her mother, Lady Byron, actually encouraged her interest in these fields, which were unusual for women at the time.
Who was Ada Lovelace dad?
the father of Ada Lovelace was the poet, Lord Byron.
Was one of Ada Lovelace's parents a poet?
Yes, Ada Lovelace's father was the poet Lord Byron.
Who Ada lovelaces father?
Lord Byron.
Who was Ada Lovelace's Father?
Lord Byron.
