Definition:Babbage's Difference Engine

Definition
Babbage's difference engine was an automatic mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions.

Also known as
Babbage's difference engine is also seen referred to as Babbage's engine.

However, this can be taken to mean either this or Babbage's analytical engine, which is a different machine.

Some sources conflate the two machines.

Also see

 * Definition:Babbage's Analytical Engine