All this cog wheel mechanism here is doing is what a computer does, but of course you need to program this thing, and of course, Babbage used the technology of the day and the technology that would reappear in the '50s, '60s and '70s, which is punch cards. This thing over here is one of three punch card readers in here, and this is a program in the Science Museum, just
Acest mecanism de roţi dinţate face ce face un computer, dar bineînţeles trebuie să-l programezi şi bineînţeles, Babbage a folosit tehnologia disponibilă din acele vremuri, tehnologie care avea să reapară în anii '50, '60, '70, și anume cartele perforate. Acesta de aici e unul din cele trei cititoare de cartelele perforate, iar acesta e un program aflat la Muzeul de Ştiinţe,