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Where was Joseph Marie Jacquard born?
Which innovators experimented with using paper rolls with holes before Jacquard?
What was Jacquard's key innovation for storing and reading pattern instructions?
In the Jacquard loom mechanism, what did a hole in a specific position on a card allow?
Besides his connection to weaving, what other trades did Jacquard pursue before his main invention?
By what year had Jacquard perfected his design and secured its patent?
In the context of modern computing architecture, what part of the Jacquard loom is analogous to the "software"?
Jacquard's invention primarily empowered which group within Lyon's silk structure?
Which later development directly adapted the mechanics of the Jacquard loom's punched card reader?
What function did the *draw-boys* perform in traditional weaving before Jacquard's invention?
What primary function did the sequence of punched cards serve in the Jacquard loom?
How did Jacquard's system fundamentally differ from predecessors in managing complex thread patterns?
Around what time did the Jacquard loom see its final, perfected form developed?
What was the major gain in production flexibility offered by the card system for high-end fabrics?
The Jacquard loom established an early separation between which two conceptual elements?
In what year was Joseph Marie Jacquard born?
Which historical figure recognized the power of Jacquard’s method for his later designs, such as the Analytical Engine?
How is the information encoded on the punched cards described conceptually in relation to modern computing?
Before perfecting the loom, what mechanical improvement had Jacquard developed as early as 1790?
What specific industry was Jacquard primarily focused on when developing his card system?
What are the two primary components of the enduring legacy left by the Jacquard card?
What simple component served as the foundation for automating and adding programmable complexity to textile weaving?
Who is credited with inventing the revolutionary loom mechanism based on punched cards?
Approximately when did Joseph Marie Jacquard introduce his revolutionary loom mechanism?
In terms of card mechanics, what action resulted when the sensing mechanism encountered a solid (unpunched) area on the card?
What portion of the overall weave sequence did a single punched card typically represent?
How did Jacquard engineer a continuous program for weaving a complex design?
What key concept of machinery organization did the Jacquard system introduce by separating the program from the loom?
Which subsequent inventor planned to use Jacquard’s punched cards to input both data and operational instructions into the Analytical Engine?
Herman Hollerith adapted the punched card principle for data tabulation, most famously used in which historical event?