Question

Thoroughly discuss and answer the following question. Do some research and find out whether Babbage’s Analytical Engine is a computer according to the von Neumann model. Post a complete answer to the best of your abilities and research and understanding. Reference your sources other than textbook.

Answer 1

Von Neumann based computer uses one single memory for storing data as well as instructions and it also executes programs following the fetch-decode-execute cycle
It contains a processing unit that contains an ALU and processor registers and a control unit that contains an instruction and the obvious input and output mechanisms

Hers the structure of the analytical Engine by Charles Babbage it had an arithmetic logic unit, control flow in the form of conditional branching and loops, and memory for storing data and instructions,the logical structure used in analytical engine is same as what we use now
inputs were given as punched cards outputwas given ina printer,bell and curve plotter ,it had a arithmetic unit called mill,a storage which could contain 1000 numbers ,Centralprocessing units as barrels

So according to ven Newmann model Charles babbages analytical engine is a computer ,it could perform multiplication,division, addition and subtraction though processing time was more but it was computing so it can be considered as a computer