difference engine

English

Noun

difference engine (plural difference engines)

(computing, historical) A mechanical special-purpose computer used to generate tables of values of polynomials.

Translations

computer

Finnish: differenssikone
German: Differenzmaschine f
Japanese: 階差機関 (kaisa kikan)

Portuguese: máquina diferencial f
Spanish: máquina diferencial f
Swedish: differensmaskin c

See also

analytical engine

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