The Computer Programs of Charles Babbage

被引:5
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作者
Rojas, Raul [1 ]
机构
[1] Free Univ Berlin, Comp Sci, Berlin, Germany
关键词
K2 [History of Computing]-C Babbage; hardware; software; Analytical Engine; Programming;
D O I
10.1109/MAHC.2020.3045717
中图分类号
TP301 [理论、方法];
学科分类号
081202 ;
摘要
The mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage drafted 26 code fragments between 1836 and 1840 for his unfinished "Analytical Engine." The programs were embedded implicitly in tables representing execution traces. In this article, we explore the programming architecture of Babbage's mechanical computer, that is, its structure from the point of view of a programmer, based on those 26 coding examples preserved in the Babbage Papers Archive.
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页码:6 / 18
页数:13
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