Our modern-day nomenclature owes a lot to the 'arrays' and 'threads' that made up these weaving machines (see Howard Rheinhold's Tools for Thought)[0]. Evident

Our modern-day nomenclature owes a lot to the 'arrays' and 'threads' that made up these weaving machines (see Howard Rheinhold's Tools for Thought)[0]. Evidently, the punch cards that stored Jacquard's weaving patterns were a direct inspiration for Babbage's analytical engine. [0]: https://www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/02.html#:~:text=The%20weaving%20machines%20used%20arrays%20of%20metal%20rods%20to%20automatically%20pull%20threads%20into%20position.%20To%20create%20patterns%2C%20Jacquard%27s%20device%20interposed%20a%20stiff%20card%2C%20with%20holes%20punched%20in%20it%2C%20between%20the%20rods%20and%20the%20threads https://www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/02.html#:~:text=The%20we...