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Automatic mechanical calculator
A difference engine is an automatic mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions. It was designed in the 1820s, and was created by
Difference_engine
1990 alternative history novel by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
The Difference Engine (1990) is an alternative history novel by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. It has been described as an early work of the steampunk
The_Difference_Engine
19th century proposed mechanical computer
described in 1837 as the successor to Babbage's difference engine, which was a design for a simpler mechanical calculator. The analytical engine incorporated
Analytical_engine
1997 studio album by Beaver
The Difference Engine is the second studio album by stoner rock band Beaver, released on Elegy Records in 1997. All songs written by Beaver. "On Parade"
The_Difference_Engine_(album)
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
with inventing the first mechanical computer, the difference engine, that eventually led to more complex electronic designs, though all the essential ideas
Charles_Babbage
English mathematician (1815–1852)
of the computing mechanism, as covered in an 1834 article on the Difference Engine, and the logical structure of the Analytical Engine, on which the article
Ada_Lovelace
American-Canadian speculative fiction novelist (born 1948)
Sterling on the alternate history novel The Difference Engine (1990), which became an important work of the science fiction subgenre steampunk. In the 1990s
William_Gibson
Mechanical machine for arithmetic operations for absolute calculators
lifetime, and the dimensions of which required a steam engine to power them. The first was an automatic mechanical calculator, his difference engine, which could
Mechanical_calculator
Internal combustion engine designed to run on gasoline
petrol engines use spark ignition, unlike diesel engines which run on diesel fuel and typically use compression ignition. Another key difference to diesel
Petrol_engine
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
engines found only in the Honda S2000. Similar to B series, the K-series car engines have two short blocks with the same design; the only difference between
Honda_K_engine
Programmable machine that processes data
history of Babbage's efforts at constructing a mechanical Difference Engine and Analytical Engine. The paper contains a design of a machine capable of calculating
Computer
Swedish computer pioneer and inventor
separator and a pulse jet engine. None of these were commercially successful. Difference engine Per Georg Scheutz "Original Documents on the History of Calculators"
Martin_Wiberg
Subgenre of science fiction
steampunk video games. The Chaos Engine (1993) is a run and gun video game inspired by the Gibson/Sterling novel The Difference Engine (1990), set in a Victorian
Steampunk
Closed-cycle regenerative heat engine
A Stirling engine is a heat engine that is operated by the cyclic expansion and contraction of air or other gas (the working fluid) by exposing it to
Stirling_engine
Practical uses for Stirling engine technology
of the Stirling engine range from mechanical propulsion to heating and cooling to electrical generation systems. A Stirling engine is a heat engine operating
Applications of the Stirling engine
Applications_of_the_Stirling_engine
British engineer and industrialist
engineer and industrialist, chiefly remembered as the maker of Charles Babbage's first difference engine, between 1824 and 1833. Joseph Clement was born
Joseph_Clement
South-African–British computer historian (born 1944)
specialising in the history of computing. He is especially known for his work on the computer pioneer Charles Babbage and his Difference Engine. Swade is originally
Doron_Swade
German mechanical engineer (1746–1830)
engineer in the Hessian army who conceived the difference engine in 1786 (first written reference to the basic principles of a difference machine is dated
Johann_Helfrich_von_Müller
1993 video game
Sterling's novel, The Difference Engine, and its basic plot and stylistics are both based on the novel. The game's coder developed the partner AI by observing
The_Chaos_Engine
He wrote the critically acclaimed artist's book Agrippa (a book of the dead) in 1992 before[citation needed] co-authoring The Difference Engine, an alternate
William_Gibson_bibliography
American attorney and author (born 1956)
began working at Anonym as the trust and safety lead. The character "Michael Godwin" in the 1990 book The Difference Engine by Bruce Sterling and William
Mike_Godwin
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
The VR6 engine is a six-cylinder engine configuration developed by Volkswagen. The name VR6 comes from the combination of German words “verkürzt” and “Reihenmotor”
VR6_engine
Australian historian of computing (1947–2002)
scholarship was his study, at the Science Museum library in London, of the original drawings for the Difference Engine and Analytical Engine designed by Charles
Allan_G._Bromley
British civil engineer (1768–1855)
manufacture the difference engine. This included investigating the ownership of intellectual property, tooling and piece-parts of the difference engine. Bryan
Bryan_Donkin
using them. The apex of this early era of mechanical computing can be seen in the Difference Engine and its successor the Analytical Engine both by Charles
History_of_computing
Topics referred to by the same term
Method of difference may refer to: The method of finite differences, used in the difference engine One of Mill's methods in inductive reasoning A mathematical
Method_of_difference
Horizontally opposed four-cylinder piston engine
A flat-four engine (also known as a horizontally opposed-four engine or boxer engine) is a four-cylinder piston engine with two banks of cylinders lying
Flat-four_engine
Algorithm for computing polynomial coefficients
Charles Babbage's difference engine, an early mechanical calculator, was designed to use this algorithm in its operation. Divided differences is a recursive
Divided_differences
manual labor. His difference engine, designed to aid navigational calculations, ultimately led him to conceive the analytical engine in 1833. This concept
History_of_computing_hardware
Practice and strategies of increasing online visibility
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the practice of improving the visibility and overall performance of websites and web pages in search engine results
Search_engine_optimization
Lighter-than-air aircraft with propulsion capabilities
Once the envelopes are sufficiently full, a propane burner is ignited and the inflation is completed using heated air. Zeppelin "The Difference Engine: Not
Thermal_airship
Engine whose failure would most adversely affect aircraft performance or handling
there is a difference in the remaining yawing moments after failure of the left or the right (outboard) engine when all propellers rotate in the same direction
Critical_engine
Swedish inventor and businessman
Babbage's difference engine. In 1851 they obtained funds from government to build an improved model, which was created in 1853 (was roughly the size of
Per_Georg_Scheutz
Role-playing game sourcebook
GURPS Difference Engine, an adaptation of the setting of the novel for the role-playing game, as "in the works". However the author working on the book
GURPS_Steampunk
Diesel engine
some minor differences like oil feed and return holes for the turbo and different crankcase ventilation system, valve cover and plastic engine cover. Wikimedia
Mercedes-Benz_OM606_engine
Software system for finding relevant information on the Web
web search engine or Internet search engine is a software system that provides hyperlinks to web pages and other relevant information on the Web in response
Search_engine
Exact reproduction
(museum-quality) of the Rosetta Stone or prints and museum-quality copies of the Mona Lisa and other famous pieces of art. For example, Difference Engine No. 2, designed
Replica
American activist
the University of California, Berkeley. In 2021 he was appointed by Arizona State University President Michael M. Crow to found The Difference Engine
Ehsan_Zaffar
2012 studio album by Fear Factory
additional keyboard programming, production on "Blush Response (Difference Engine Remix)" Damian "The Frog" Rainaud – additional keyboard programming, assistant
The_Industrialist
Pseudonym used in the 1830 Swing Riots in England
The sender turned out to be a soldier in the Dragoons. Swing is portrayed as an actual person in the alternative reality novel The Difference Engine.
Captain_Swing
Family of V8 and V6 engines
The General Motors LS-based small-block engines are a family of V8 and offshoot V6 engines designed and manufactured by the American automotive company
General Motors LS-based small-block engine
General_Motors_LS-based_small-block_engine
of Armstrong Whitworth Charles Babbage (1791–1871) – creator of the difference engine George Herman Babcock (1832–1893) – co-invented an improved safety
List_of_mechanical_engineers
Family of internal combustion engines
The Toyota A Series engines are a family of inline-four internal combustion engines with displacement from 1.3 L to 1.8 L produced by Toyota Motor Corporation
Toyota_A_engine
Speed gauge in motor vehicles
January 2015. Lester, I.E. "Charles Babbage and the Difference Engine". NewMyths.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 30 December
Speedometer
Engine that uses steam to perform mechanical work
A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. The steam engine uses the force produced by steam pressure
Steam_engine
Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft
After the Science Museum in London successfully built the computing section of Charles Babbage's Difference Engine #2 in 1991, Myhrvold funded the construction
Nathan_Myhrvold
Engineering discipline specializing in the design of computer hardware
into the larger picture. Consider the car. A modern car contains many separate computer systems for controlling such things as the engine timing, the brakes
Computer_engineering
Subgenres of the science fiction genre
Jeter. When Gibson and Sterling entered the subgenre with their 1990 collaborative novel The Difference Engine, the term was being used earnestly as well
Cyberpunk_derivatives
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
engine share the same engine block with a 96 mm bore pitch. The difference in displacement is achieved by variance in bore and stroke. The 4B1 engine
Mitsubishi_4B1_engine
Series of V8 engines built by Chrysler
The Chrysler Hemi engine, known by the trademark Hemi or HEMI, is a series of high-performance American overhead valve V8 engines built by Chrysler with
Chrysler_Hemi_engine
List of values of a mathematical function
verification. Mechanical special-purpose computers known as difference engines were proposed in the 19th century to tabulate polynomial approximations of logarithmic
Mathematical_table
co-authoring the 1990 alternate history novel The Difference Engine, which was nominated for the Nebula, Campbell, Aurora and BSFA awards and featured in the Locus
List of awards and nominations received by William Gibson
List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_William_Gibson
Description of René Descartes' mind-body dualism
does a difference engine become the search for truth? When does a personality simulation become the bitter mote of a soul? The film explores the "ghost
Ghost_in_the_machine
workstation Transam Triton Tuscan Difference engine Analytical Engine Bombe AEI 1010 APEXC Atlas (computer) Automatic Computing Engine Colossus computer CTL Modular
List_of_British_computers
Powered mechanical device
functions in 1837. His Difference engine can be considered an advanced mechanical calculator and his Analytical Engine a forerunner of the modern computer,
Machine
Dutch band
in the vanguard of the European scene. In September 1997 their second album, 'The Difference Engine', was released by their new label Elegy. The album
Beaver_(band)
American V-8 car engine
The Chevrolet big-block engine is a series of large-displacement, naturally-aspirated, 90°, overhead valve, gasoline-powered, V8 engines that was developed
Chevrolet_big-block_engine
Work done divided by heat provided
Engine efficiency of thermal engines is the relationship between the total energy contained in the fuel, and the amount of energy used to perform useful
Engine_efficiency
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
The Subaru FA engine is a gasoline boxer-4 engine used in Subaru and Toyota automobiles. It is a derivative of the FB engine, with efforts to reduce weight
Subaru_FA_engine
Engine in which fuel combusts with an oxidizer
An internal combustion engine (ICE or IC engine) is a heat engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion
Internal_combustion_engine
1845 novel by Benjamin Disraeli
called Sybil in 1921, starring Evelyn Brent and Cowley Wright. The Difference Engine, a 1990 steampunk novel written by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
Sybil_(novel)
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
block engines for the red paint applied to the block. The primary differences when compared to the B20 was the switch to a SOHC in place of the older
Volvo_Redblock_engine
Game development and framework for computer science research platform
The term "engine" is a direct analogue of "software engine", having it employed across sectors of the software industry. Furthermore, game engine may
Game_engine
Pressure difference generated in petrol engines
Manifold vacuum, or engine vacuum in a petrol engine is the difference in air pressure between the engine's intake manifold and Earth's atmosphere. Manifold
Manifold_vacuum
Museum in Devon, England
mathematician who invented the Difference Engine and Analytical Engine, working with Ada Lovelace. This was the mechanical precursors of the modern computer. Babbage
Totnes_Museum
Arithmetic logic circuit
of the adder. Already in the mid-1800s, Charles Babbage recognized the performance penalty imposed by the ripple-carry used in his difference engine, and
Carry-lookahead_adder
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
some minor differences like oil feed and return holes for the turbo and different crankcase ventilation system, valve cover and plastic engine cover. Wikimedia
Mercedes-Benz_OM605_engine
Machine that converts one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy (of motion)
An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy. Available energy sources include potential energy
Engine
Approximation of a function by a polynomial
functions. It provided the mathematical basis for some landmark early computing machines: Charles Babbage's difference engine calculated sines, cosines
Taylor's_theorem
as Charles was the first to design the difference engine and consequently its corresponding difference based algorithms, making him the first computer
History_of_computer_science
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
pump) or very similar (variable displacement oil pump). The difference of F160 from F154: F160 engine block is made by a high pressure die cast (HPDC) process
Ferrari_F160_engine
British model construction system
Analyzer (10 February 2005), Robinson's Difference Engine #1 (3 April 2006), Robinson's Difference Engine #2 (7 May 2006). Tim Robinson's Meccano Computing
Meccano
American author, speaker and futurist (born 1954)
Engine (1990; with William Gibson) Heavy Weather (1994) Holy Fire (1996) The Zenith Angle (2004) The Caryatids (2009) Love Is Strange (2012) In the beginning
Bruce_Sterling
Museum in Mountain View, California
Ramac 350 disk drive. An operating difference engine designed by Charles Babbage in the 1840s and constructed by the Science Museum of London was on display
Computer_History_Museum
Internet artist collective (1994–)
form Jodi's contribution to the group exhibition Difference Engine at the Lisson Gallery in New York City, New York. The piece is an interactive multichannel
Jodi_(art_collective)
jet blamed on metal fatigue". The Seattle Times. AP. Retrieved April 2, 2017. "Aircraft fatigue The Difference Engine: Old before their time (15 Apr
List of accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 737
List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Boeing_737
Internal combustion engine with two banks of cylinders at an angle resembling a 'V'
with the number of cylinders in the engine; the length difference between V-twin and straight-twin engines might be insignificant, however V8 engines have
V_engine
Study of computation
calculator, his Difference Engine, in 1822, which eventually gave him the idea of the first programmable mechanical calculator, his Analytical Engine. He started
Computer_science
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
The Rover V8 engine is a compact OHV V8 internal combustion engine with aluminium cylinder block and cylinder heads, designed and produced by Rover in
Rover_V8_engine
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
The BMW B58 is a turbocharged straight-six engine, which began production in 2015. The B58 replaced the N55 and was launched in the F30 340i. The B58
BMW_B58
British writer (born 1957)
Babbage used for his first 'computers', the Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine), which were the precursors of the first programming languages, a significance
James_Essinger
Privacy-focused search engine
Startpage.com, is a Netherlands-based search engine website that highlights privacy as its distinguishing feature. The website advertises that it allows users
Startpage
1983 the first Low Temperature Difference (LTD) Stirling engine which ran at the temperature difference as low as 15 °C, astonishingly low at the time
Ivo_Kolin
Type of internal combustion engine that uses compression to create combustion
thus, the diesel engine is also called a compression-ignition engine (or CI engine). This contrasts with engines using spark plug-ignition of the air-fuel
Diesel_engine
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
gasoline engine capable of 261/289 N·m (189/209 lb·ft) of torque at 2000 rpm; the major difference between the F and the F.5 is the oiling system. The F.5
Toyota_F_engine
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
The Mazda Wankel engines are a family of Wankel rotary combustion car engines produced by Mazda. Wankel engines were invented in 1950s by Felix Wankel
Mazda_Wankel_engine
Maximum attainable efficiency of any heat engine
irreversible heat engine efficiencies, it is concluded that work from a heat engine can be produced if and only if there is a temperature difference between two
Carnot's theorem (thermodynamics)
Carnot's_theorem_(thermodynamics)
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
The Toyota FZ engine was a 24-valve, 4.5 L (4,477 cc) DOHC straight-6 internal combustion engine manufactured by Toyota to replace the F-series engine
Toyota_FZ_engine
Game engine developed by Larian Studios
Divinity Engine is a game engine developed by Larian Studios. It has undergone several iterations, with the latest version being Divinity Engine 4.0 developed
Divinity_Engine
Early American electromechanical computer (1944)
astronomical tables by the method of finite differences, as envisioned by Babbage 100 years earlier for his Difference Engine". Very soon after, IBM started
Harvard_Mark_I
Wiki software
each wiki page, allowing the user to compare the current version with any older version. The difference engine is the same as the one used in MediaWiki.
DokuWiki
Topics referred to by the same term
staff at the fictional fashion magazine in the novel The Devil Wears Prada A term for computer operators in the novel The Difference Engine Clackers cereal
Clackers_(disambiguation)
Mazda motor vehicle engine
increase fuel efficiency and engine output. The initial announcement of the Skyactiv technologies included new engines, but has grown to include transmissions
Skyactiv
Idealized thermodynamic cycle
S2CID 52943273. N. A. Sinitsyn (2011). "Fluctuation Relation for Heat Engines". J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 44 (40) 405001. arXiv:1111.7014. Bibcode:2011JPhA...44N5001S
Carnot_cycle
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
The OM617 engine family is a straight-5 diesel automobile engine from Mercedes-Benz used in the 1970s and 1980s. It is a direct development from the straight-4
Mercedes-Benz_OM617_engine
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
The Toyota JZ engine family is a series of inline-6 automobile engines produced by Toyota. As a replacement for the M-series inline-6 engines, the JZ engines
Toyota_JZ_engine
British engineer
light in the summer of 1852. It quickly fell into disuse, and was dismantled in 1857. When Per Georg Scheutz brought his Difference engine to London
William_Gravatt
Car and truck technology
high-tech engine and power train designs. The chief characteristic of an automotive engine (compared to a stationary engine or a marine engine) is a high
Automotive_engine
Powered lighter-than-air aircraft
Congress, DARPA?, Defense Industry Daily, 4 April 2006 "The Difference Engine: Not all hot air", The Economist, July 29, 2010 "Photo Release – Northrop Grumman
Airship
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
The Buick V6 is an OHV V6 engine developed by the Buick division of General Motors and first introduced in 1962. The engine was originally 198 cu in (3
Buick_V6_engine
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Girl/Female
Greek
Untamed.
Boy/Male
Native American
Rock.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Gift of God
Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name THU means "autumn."
Girl/Female
Greek American
Goddess; godly. Also as abbreviation of names like Althea and Dorothea. The mythological Thea was...
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Distinction; Difference; Manner
Male
Native American
Native American Navajo name TSE means "rock."
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : topographic name for someone who lived by a common pasture, Middle English tye (Old English tēag).North German : from a short form, Tide, of the personal name Dietrich.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Difference
Boy/Male
English
From the enclosure.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Middle English word tye, TYE means "pasture."
Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend American Hebrew Spanish
Arthur's brother.
Boy/Male
Greek American German
God given.
Female
Greek
 Short form of Greek and Latin Dorothea, THEA means "gift of God." Compare with another form of Thea.
Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name THI means "poem."
Female
English
 Pet form of English Theodora, THEA means "gift of God." Compare with another form of Thea.
Male
English
Short form of English Theodore, THEO means "gift of God," and other names beginning with Theo-.
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : variant of Tye.
Female
German
Pet form of German Kätharina, KÄTHE means "pure."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : status name from Middle English thewe ‘thrall’, ‘slave’ (Old English þēow).
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Boy/Male
German American English Hebrew
Brilliant.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Kind of seasons
Biblical
tender, nipple
Boy/Male
Arabic, Bengali, Hebrew, Indian, Marathi, Muslim, Sanskrit
Perfume; Colour; Thinker; Traveller; Strong; Red Powder; Red Colour; Colourful Fragrance; Brave; Intelligent Respect
Girl/Female
Arabic, Celebrity, Gujarati, Indian, Kannada, Muslim, Sindhi
Beautiful; One who Travels
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit
Straight; Tall
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone concerned with books, generally a scribe or binder, from Middle English boker, Old English bÅcere, an agent derivative of bÅc ‘book’.English : variant of Bowker.Americanized form of German Bucher.
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
To Known about Something
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit, Tamil
A Rage
Surname or Lastname
Swiss German
Swiss German : variant of Wielan (see Wieland).English : unexplained.
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a.
Distinct; separate; not the same; other.
v. i.
See Thee.
imp. & p. p.
of Difference
n.
The quality or state of being indifferent, or not making a difference; want of sufficient importance to constitute a difference; absence of weight; insignificance.
n.
Absence of anxiety or interest in respect to what is presented to the mind; unconcernedness; as, entire indifference to all that occurs.
n.
Difference of quality or property in different directions.
v. t.
To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as different; to distinguish.
adv.
By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.
n.
Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel; hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy.
a.
Exhibiting differences of quality or property in different directions; not isotropic.
n.
Estimation of difference; regard to differences or distinguishing circumstance.
n.
The quantity by which one quantity differs from another, or the remainder left after subtracting the one from the other.
n.
The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quality in paper; a difference in degrees of heat, or of light; what is the difference between the innocent and the guilty?
n.
An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish the bearings of two persons, which would otherwise be the same. See Augmentation, and Marks of cadency, under Cadency.
definite article.
A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.
n.
The state of being diffident; distrust; want of confidence; doubt of the power, ability, or disposition of others.
n.
That by which one thing differs from another; that which distinguishes or causes to differ; mark of distinction; characteristic quality; specific attribute.
n.
Choice; preference.
a.
Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; different states of health; different shapes; different degrees of excellence.
n.
The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.