Babbage,Charles

Babbage,Charles
Bab·bage (băbʹĭj), Charles. 1792-1871.
British mathematician and inventor of an analytical machine based on principles similar to those used in modern computers.

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  • Babbage, Charles — ● /ba baiy dj/ np. ►PERS (1791 1871). Mathématicien ayant tenté de mettre au point une machine de calcul mécanique dans les années 1850. Sa Machine Analytique (aussi appelée Machine de Babbage) n a jamais fonctionné de son vivant (elle était… …   Dictionnaire d'informatique francophone

  • BABBAGE, CHARLES —    a mathematician, born in Devonshire; studied at Cambridge, and professor there; spent much time and money over the invention of a calculating machine; wrote on The Economy of Manufactures and Machinery, and an autobiography entitled Passages… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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  • Babbage — Charles Babbage Charles Babbage Charles Babbage (né le 26 décembre 1791 à Teignmouths, Devonshire, Angleterre, mort le 18 octobre 1871) était un mathématicien britannique et l un des précur …   Wikipédia en Français

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