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In 1800, French industrialist J. M. Jacquard invented a loom to weave fabrics with complex designs. The loom was controlled by punched paper cards and has been called a “specialized graphics computer.” A few years later, Charles Babbage (1792-1871), a math professor at Cambridge, designed what he called the “difference engine” and the “analytical engine” …

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