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{{a|g|}}An old fashioned way of saying a ''computer''. | {{a|g|{{image|An actual difference engine (3186912)|jpg|}} }}An old fashioned way of saying a ''computer''. | ||
A [[difference engine]], first created by Charles Babbage, is an mechanical calculator designed to calculate polynomial functions. So-called because of its | A [[difference engine]], first created by Charles Babbage, is an mechanical calculator designed to calculate polynomial functions. So-called because of its “method of dividing differences, a way to interpolate or tabulate functions by using a small set of polynomial co-efficients.” | ||
No idea what that means. | No idea what that means. | ||