1800 ⟶ Jacquard's Programmable Loom Introduced Punch Cards

Joseph Marie Jacquard created a programmable loom, based on ...
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🧵 Jacquard's Programmable Loom Introduced Punch Cards

Joseph Marie Jacquard created a programmable loom, based on earlier inventions by Basile Bouchon (1725), Jean-Baptiste Falcon (1728) and Jacques Vaucanson (1740). Replaceable Punched cards controlled sequences of operations in the process of manufacturing textiles. This may have been the first industrial software for commercial enterprises.⟶
Jacquard's Programmable Loom Introduced Punch Cards (1800)
AutomationTextilesProgrammable machinesPunch cardsIndustrial RevolutionSoftwareManufacturingEarly Computing
FranceFrance
Jacquard's Programmable Loom Introduced Punch Cards (1800)