Babbage,Charles

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

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Babbage, Charles — born Dec. 26, 1791, London, Eng. died Oct. 18, 1871, London British mathematician and inventor. Educated at Cambridge University, he devoted himself from about 1812 to devising machines capable of calculating mathematical tables. His first small… …   Universalium

  • Babbage , Charles — (1792–1871) British mathematician Babbage, whose father was a banker, was born in Teignmouth and studied at Cambridge. He played a major role in ending the isolationist attitudes prevalent in British mathematical circles in the early 19th century …   Scientists

  • Babbage, Charles — ► (1792 1871) Matemático británico, inventor de unas máquinas de calcular que se consideran precursoras de la cibernética. * * * (26 dic. 1791, Londres, Inglaterra–18 oct. 1871, Londres). Matemático e inventor británico. Educado en la Universidad …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Babbage, Charles — ● /ba baiy dj/ np. ►PERS (1791 1871). Mathématicien ayant tenté de mettre au point une machine de calcul mécanique dans les années 1850. Sa Machine Analytique (aussi appelée Machine de Babbage) n a jamais fonctionné de son vivant (elle était… …   Dictionnaire d'informatique francophone

  • BABBAGE, CHARLES —    a mathematician, born in Devonshire; studied at Cambridge, and professor there; spent much time and money over the invention of a calculating machine; wrote on The Economy of Manufactures and Machinery, and an autobiography entitled Passages… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Babbage — Charles …   Scientists

  • Charles Babbage — in 1860 Born 26 December 1791( …   Wikipedia

  • Charles Babbage — Charles Babbages Unterschrift …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Charles Babbage — Matemático inglés y científico protoinformático Nacimiento 26 de diciembre de 1791 Teignm …   Wikipedia Español

  • Babbage — Charles Babbage Charles Babbage Charles Babbage (né le 26 décembre 1791 à Teignmouths, Devonshire, Angleterre, mort le 18 octobre 1871) était un mathématicien britannique et l un des précur …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”