Charles Babbage’s Contribution to Modern Computing
On 15 Jan, 2010 By Sandra Posted in General
I think Charles Babbage and his Difference Engine played an
important role in the history of computers and computing because he was able to
take this abstract idea and actually breath some life into it. Baggage fathomed
things that were way beyond his time. His ideas were so far beyond his time,
that engineering at that time was not able to accommodate his ideas in order to
construct this machine he had envision. Even though a functioning prototype was
never actually built, he still laid the foundation for taking computing to a
whole new level. His ideas and concepts were the basis for modern computing and
his plans allowed others to elaborate and create new machines that were able to
do things never done before.
Others people had also envisioned such a machine, but no one
else had taken years out of their life to actually begin the process of
constructing one. Babbage’s plans and ideas lead the way for others to take
this engine and actually make it a reality. He, how you say, provided the
framework for other engineers to base their machines on. This eventually came
to be. Other people, such as Scheutz, used his model as somewhat of a guide for
creating his own Difference Engine.
