What does the term ‘MILL’ refer to in Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine?
- Equivalent to memory
- Equivalent to Electricity flow
- Equivalent to CPU
- Equivalent to Structure of Computer
The Right Answer is : Option C
Explanation
In Charles Babbage's design for the Analytical Engine, the Mill was the computational heart of the machine. It was responsible for performing all arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) and logic, making it functionally analogous to the Central Processing Unit (CPU) in modern computers.
