Timeline of computing hardware before 1950: Difference between revisions

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| c. 500 BC

| {{Importance section|date=September 2023}}[[Vyakarana|Indian grammarian]] [[Pāṇini]] formulated the [[Sanskrit grammar|grammar of Sanskrit]] (in 3959 rules) known as the [[Ashtadhyayi]] which was highly systematised and technical. Pāṇini used [[metarule]]s, [[Transformation (mathematics)|transformation]]s, and [[recursion]]s with such sophistication that his grammar had the computing power equivalent to a [[Turing machine]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}} Pāṇini's work was the forerunner to modern [[formal language theory]], and a precursor to its use in modern computing. The [[Panini–Backus form]] used to describe most modern [[programming languages]] is also significantly similar to Pāṇini's grammar rules.{{citation needed|date=May 2010}}

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| c. 200 BC

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|| Babbage produced a prototype section of the [[Analytical Engine]]'s mill and printer.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jRkGXTV7z3MC&q=1871&pg=PA784|title=New Scientist|last=Information|first=Reed Business|date=1983-09-15|publisher=Reed Business Information|others=Inside the world's first computers - Allan Bromley|pages=784|language=en}}</ref>

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| 1878