In modern terminology we could say that the improvements they wanted to make were a "universal programmable tabulating machine".

In his patent is described in detail his idea of a programmable tabulating machine.

The Banu Musa also invented an automatic flute player which appears to have been the first programmable machine.

The operators of tomorrow's programmable machines must be better educated and possess more abilities to interact with co-workers.

Domingo's voice came calmly: "If there were any independently functioning, programmable machines still here, I think they would have let us know already.

When computer scientists first built programmable machines, they programmed them directly in machine code, which is a series of numbers that instructed the computer what to do.

Computers - programmable machines designed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations.

Among these was "The Instrument that Plays by Itself", the earliest example of a programmable machine.

Some people argue that this is the first programmable machine.

A computer is a programmable machine that receives input, stores and manipulates data, and provides output in a useful format.