any machine designed to carry out calculations, esp. for the mechanical performance of arithmetical operations.
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| 释义 | society > computing and information technology > hardware > computer > [noun] > mechanical (3) calculating machine1832 any machine designed to carry out calculations, esp. for the mechanical performance of arithmetical operations. mill1837 Mechanical applications. The mechanism in Charles Babbage's analytical engine where arithmetic operations were performed on data. Cf. arithmetic unit… difference engine1843 a mechanical calculating machine which, using only the operation of addition, is capable of producing tables of values for a variety of mathematical… |
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