Ada on The Enchanted Loom:

“We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard-loom weaves flowers and leaves.”

Charles Babbage took the ideas of the Jacquard loom and adopted the ideas to control his Analytical Engine.

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