Charlemagne

Kwete, hatisi kutaura nezvemutongi ane mukurumbira, mumwe we "madzibaba ekutanga"? IEurope ine simba zvekuti izwi rekuti "mambo" rinobva pazita rake. Uye zvakare kwete zana gare gare, anoremekedzwa mupenyu weChechi yeKaturike. Muchikamu chedu, tinobata chete nevagadziri vesainzi yekombuta: masvomhu, nyanzvi, mainjiniya. Kana zvakadaro, anonzi Charlemagne? pano tinogona kutsanangura munhu mumwe chete: Charles (uyu ndiKarol) Babbage?

Charles Babbage.

Analytical injini? kana yakanyatsovakwa? yaizove nehuremu hwakati wandei uye yaizove nehuwandu hukuru hwezvinhu izvo zvaive zvakaoma kugadzira neiyo tekinoroji. Nekudaro, iyo yakaverengerwa komputa kuita kwechishandiso kwaishamisawo: kuwedzera kana kubvisa nhamba dze40-manhamba zvaizotora masekonzi matatu, kuwedzera kana kupatsanura (kunoitwa neakawedzera akateedzana kana kubvisa) zvingatora 3-2 maminetsi. Zvakare, muchina uyu waibvumira kushandiswa kwemaitiro ehurongwa uye matekiniki akajairika emitauro yemazuva ano yekuronga, senge zvishwe, mirairo ine zvimiso, uye kuenderana, saka yaive yakakwana mupfungwa yekuti iyo huru Alan Turing yakatsanangurwa chete muzana ramakore re3. Muchina uyu wakavakwa nguva dzose naBabbage kusvika pakufa kwake muna 1871. Heino kuda kuziva. Rondedzero yekutanga yakakwana yeAnalytical Engine uye kushanda kwayo, pamwe chete netsanangudzo yehurongwa, harisi basa raBabbage zvachose, asi rakabuda here? nokukumbira kwomuvaki? kubva pachinyoreso chemwanasikana wemudetembi mukuru Lord Byron, uyo akaonekwa nekuda kwechikonzero ichi mugadziri wekutanga wepasirese, akanaka uye ane chipo chesvomhu. Edie Lovelace. Akasangana naBabbage muna 1833, pazera remakore gumi nemasere? uye aiva noushamwari naye zvikuru kusvikira afa nokukurumidza nekenza pazera ramakore 18. Zita rake ? HELL? inewo imwe yemitauro yepurogiramu.