The Analytical Engine is an embodying of the science of operations, constructed with peculiar reference to abstract number as the subject of those operations. (Ada Lovelace)

The Analytical Engine is an embodying of the science of operations, constructed with peculiar reference to abstract number as the subject of those operations.

Ada Lovelace

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