The Evolution Of Computers from Jacquard Loom. {The link between weaving and computing.}

The Jacquard loom is often considered a predecessor to the modern computer because it uses a binary system to store information that can be read by the loom and reproduced many times over.

Binary is a way of storing information using indicators each with two settings. On a punch card, each space has either a hole, or no hole; these are the two possible settings. If you have enough spaces you can store complex pieces of information in this way. 

The use of binary in the Jacquard loom represented a revolution in human-machine interaction. Much like early computers, which used punch cards to store information, the Jacquard loom uses punch cards to store a weaving pattern, which can then be replicated many times. 

To prepare the loom, the textile designer would first draws pattern onto grid paper. This pattern is then transferred onto punch cards, with an empty grid square corresponding to a hole, and a filled-in grid square corresponding to no hole. The cards are then fed through the Jacquard loom head, which reads the cards and replicates the pattern.

Designed in 1805, the Jacquard loom was capable of weaving incredibly complex and detailed patterns in a fraction of the time that a manual master weaver would take to create the same product. 

This revolutionised the manufacture of patterned textiles, allowing them to be produced at a fraction of the cost.

However, the introduction of looms was opposed by masters weavers in the early 1800s as it took many years to learn the art of weaving, and many were angry at being replaced by a machine that could do the job more efficiently. 

As an act of protest, weavers began removing their shoes and throwing them into the looms, breaking the threads and rendering the looms temporarily useless. The shoes worn by workers in France at this time were called sabot, and this is where the word Sabotage comes from.

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