analytical engine

English

Noun

analytical engine (plural analytical engines)

1. (computing) A mechanical general-purpose computer, designed by Charles Babbage but never built.
   • 1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados:

     "It is an analytical engine, or, to use the more common term, a calculating machine, as you say," assented the inventor.

Translations

mechanical general-purpose computer

• Greek: αναλυτική μηχανή f (analytikí michaní)
• Japanese: 分析機関 (bunseki kikan)
• Portuguese: máquina analítica f
• Spanish: máquina analítica f

Further reading

• analytical engine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia