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Babbage
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Bab·bage  (bbj), Charles 1792-1871.
British mathematician and inventor of an analytical machine based on principles similar to those used in modern computers.

Babbage [ˈbæbɪdʒ]
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(Biographies / Babbage, Charles (1792-1871) M, English, SCIENCE: mathematician, TECHNOLOGY: inventor) Charles 1792-1871, English mathematician and inventor, who built a calculating machine that anticipated the modern electronic computer


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