There is a deeper connection between machine-manufacturing of textiles and computing than other professions, like blacksmith. Babbage got the idea of punched c

There is a deeper connection between machine-manufacturing of textiles and computing than other professions, like blacksmith. Babbage got the idea of punched cards from Jacquard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_machine