of zeroes and ones

 

 

Jacquard Loom ... 1805 .. after Vaucanson .. perfecting the punched-card technique

 

 

The Revolt of the Silk Weavers, 1831, Lyons ...sabotage..

 

The Luddite Unrest, Northern England, 1813-15

 

 

Ada Lovelace, Queen of Numbers, "Analyst, Metaphysician, and Founder of Scientific Computing", London, (1815-1852)

Ada Lovelace originated the concept of using binary numbers, a practice used in all modern computers. She also conceptually reconfigured the Difference Engine and Analytical Engine of Charles Babbage as as general purpose machines, as opposed to arithmetic calculcators.

 

 
 
 
 
Herman Hollerith , 1890 US Census --> racial profiling