Meaning of "Babbage" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF BABBAGE

Babbage  [ˈbæbɪdʒ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BABBAGE

Babbage is a noun.

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WHAT DOES BABBAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Charles Babbage

Charles Babbage, FRS was an English polymath. He was a mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, who is best remembered now for originating the concept of a programmable computer. Considered a "father of the computer", Babbage is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer that eventually led to more complex designs. His varied work in other fields has led him to be described as "pre-eminent" among the many polymaths of his century. Parts of Babbage's uncompleted mechanisms are on display in the London Science Museum. In 1991, a perfectly functioning difference engine was constructed from Babbage's original plans. Built to tolerances achievable in the 19th century, the success of the finished engine indicated that Babbage's machine would have worked.

Definition of Babbage in the English dictionary

The definition of Babbage in the dictionary is Charles 1792–1871, English mathematician and inventor, who built a calculating machine that anticipated the modern electronic computer.

TRANSLATION OF BABBAGE

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The translations of Babbage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Babbage» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 巴贝奇
• Translator English - Spanish: Babbage
• English: Babbage
• Translator English - Hindi: बैबेज
• Translator English - Arabic: باباج
• Translator English - Russian: Бэббидж
• Translator English - Portuguese: Babbage
• Translator English - Bengali: ব্যাবেজ
• Translator English - French: Babbage
• Translator English - Malay: Babbage
• Translator English - German: Babbage
• Translator English - Japanese: バベッジ
• Translator English - Korean: 베 비지
• Translator English - Javanese: Babbage
• Translator English - Vietnamese: Babbage
• Translator English - Tamil: பாபேஜ்
• Translator English - Marathi: बॅबेज
• Translator English - Turkish: Babbage
• Translator English - Italian: Babbage
• Translator English - Polish: Babbage
• Translator English - Ukrainian: Беббідж
• Translator English - Romanian: Babbage
• Translator English - Greek: Babbage
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Babbage
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QUOTES WITH «BABBAGE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Babbage.

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Charles Babbage

On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BABBAGE»

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The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to ...

A portrait of early nineteenth-century mathematician Charles Babbage describes his efforts to construct the first computing machine more than one century before the invention of the modern computer. Reprint.

Doron Swade, 2002

Charles Babbage: Pioneer of the Computer

This book discusses the career of Charles Babbage (1791-1871), British advocate of the systematic use of science in industry and creator of machines that were precursors of the modern computer.

Anthony Hyman, 1985

The Mathematical Work of Charles Babbage

This book describes Babbage's work on the design and implementation of the difference and analytical engines.

J. M. Dubbey, John Michael Dubbey, 2004

Science and Reform: Selected Works of Charles Babbage

In this book, Anthony Hyman has selected passages from Babbage's many publications, including his proposals on profit sharing and life peerages and his ideas on such topics as the applications of science, scientific management, taxation and ...

Charles Babbage, Anthony Hyman, 1989

Charles Babbage and his calculating engines

This book has been prepared as part of the 1991 Babbage celebration, an occasion when the Science Museum's own Babbage artefacts and archives were supplements with additional material from overseas for a special Bicentenary Exhibition.

Doron Swade, 1991

Charles Babbage: And the Engines of Perfection

Charles Babbage, "the grandfather of the modern computer," did not live to see even one of his calculating machines at work.

Bruce Collier, James MacLachlan, 2000

Augusto Boal

This volume looks at the scope of Boal's career - from a playwright and director, to his manifesto in the 1970s for a 'Theatre of the Oppressed'. This will be fascinating for anyone interested in theatre's role in stimulating change.

Frances Babbage, 2004

Cultural Babbage: Technology, Time and Invention

With contributions from writers on both sides of the science/humanities divide, this is a collection of quirky and offbeat essays on technology, culture and forgotten or imaginary histories.

Francis Spufford, Jennifer S. Uglow, 1997

Charles Babbage, father of the computer

The life and inventions of Charles Babbage, who, along with numerous other creations, came up with the machine that evolved into today's computer.

Daniel Stephen Halacy, 1970

333 Miracles: A Testimony of Continued Blessings

Author Lisa Noel Babbage shows readers that there is hope. In 333 Miracles, she shares her personal story, one that includes traumas such as the end of her marriage.

Lisa Noel Babbage, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BABBAGE»

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