The evolution of Babbage's calculating engines
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Charles Babbage: Pioneer of the Modern Computer
Charles Babbage: Pioneer of the Modern Computer
Passages from the Life of a Philosopher: Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
Passages from the Life of a Philosopher: Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
First draft of a report on the EDVAC
First draft of a report on the EDVAC
Revisiting the jacquard loom: threads of history and current patterns in HCI
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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This article describes some of the early developments that can now be viewed as steps toward the development of program control and the modern concept of a stored program. In particular, it discusses early automatic devices, Babbage's contributions set against a background of the technology of his day, the contributions of some of his direct successors, and the genesis of the stored-program idea.