... the Analytic Engine. It could store, execute, and change instructions. It had so many parts that it could not be produced. These are two of the first two pre-computers. Herman Hollerith created a device that could read data from punched cards, and keep track of the count. The U.S. census sponsored a contest that was searching for such a machine. They got their machine. Soon ... ...

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