Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Putanga: He rau tau te roa o te mīhini i mua i tōna wā. Heoi, i whakaroa te kaupapa na nga raru maha tae atu ki nga tautohetohe me te miihini miihini hanga waahanga mo taua mea. Ko ngā wāhanga katoa mō tana mīhini me hanga ā-ringa - he raruraru nui tēnei mō tētahi mīhini e hia mano ngā wāhanga. I te mutunga, i whakakorehia te kaupapa me te whakatau a te Kawanatanga o Ingarangi ki te whakamutu i te putea. Ko te kore o Babbage ki te whakaoti i te pūkaha tātari ka taea te whakaaro nui ki nga raruraru ehara i te mea o te tōrangapū me te pūtea anake, engari ki tana hiahia ki te whakawhanake i tētahi rorohiko tino matatau me te neke whakamua tere atu i te mea ka taea e tetahi atu te whai. Ko Ada Lovelace, te tamahine a Lord Byron, i whakamaori me te taapiri i nga korero ki te "Sketch of the Analytical Engine" na Luigi Federico Menabrea. Te āhua nei koinei te whakaahuatanga tuatahi o te papatono i whakaputaina, no reira ko Ada Lovelace te mea nui hei kaiwhakawhanake rorohiko tuatahi. I muri i a Babbage, ahakoa kaore i te mohio ki ana mahi o mua, ko Percy Ludgate, he kaikaute mai i Dublin, Ireland. I hangaia e ia he rorohiko miihini ka taea te whakarite, i whakaahuatia e ia i roto i tetahi mahi i whakaputaina i te tau 1909.  Pātai: I pēhea te hanga i ngā wāhanga o te mīhini?
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