It was capable of iteration, conditional branching and parallel processing, and it was programmable using punched cards, an idea Babbage took from Jacquard's loom.
Făcea iterații, ramificări „if” condiționate, toate în procesare paralelă, şi era programabli folosind carduri perforate, idee preluată de Babbage de la războiul de ţesut Jacquard.