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Jacquard developed a loom mechanism in which linked punched cards controlled weaving patterns.
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The stored pattern could be used repeatedly. This form of automatic control is historically significant without being equivalent to a general-purpose stored-program computer.
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Jacquard developed a loom mechanism in which linked punched cards controlled weaving patterns.
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- Joseph Marie Jacquard — Computer History Museum — Opening milestone and punched-card description
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- Joseph Marie Jacquard — Computer History Museum — Opening milestone and punched-card description
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