Babbage's Analytical Engine - Computerphile
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Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine was designed as the first Turing complete computer - before Turing was even born. Sadly it was never built. Professor Brailsford explains with the help of Sydney Padua's illustrations.
More of Sydney's work: http://bit.ly/1de83fM
The Professor's notes: http://www.eprg.org/computerphile/new-adatalk.pdf
Analytical Engine project: http://bit.ly/Computerphile_Plan28
Lovelace Symposium : http://bit.ly/Computerphile_LovelaceSymp
Stephen Wolfram's Blog on Ada Lovelace: http://bit.ly/Computerphile_Wolfram_Ada
Why use Binary? : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thrx3SBEpL8
Turing Complete: https://youtu.be/RPQD7-AOjMI
Sorting Secret: COMING SOON
Password Cracking: https://youtu.be/7U-RbOKanYs
Slow Loris Attack: https://youtu.be/XiFkyR35v2Y
Quantum Computing 'Magic': https://youtu.be/BYx04e35Xso
Complete 'Babbage & Lovelace' Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzH6n4zXuckqKMcpQANsyPJId7jkxq7g8
Sixty Symbols - Ada's Tomb: https://youtu.be/OSQRTTuHLP8
Undecidability Tangent: https://youtu.be/nsZsd5qtbo4
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This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/nottscomputer
Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at http://www.bradyharan.com
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