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'''A machine is a collection of enclosed parts that use energy to produce a output for an owner. This may be as simple as cogs in a drill press making holes in wood or employees working in a [[corporation]] to make profit.''' | '''A machine is a collection of enclosed parts that use energy to produce a output for an owner. This may be as simple as cogs in a drill press making holes in wood or employees working in a [[corporation]] to make profit.''' | ||
The majority of machines use a source of energy (such as electricity) to make two | The majority of machines use a source of energy (such as electricity) to make two types of output: | ||
# ''' | # '''Intended output''' called an ''internality'' which is intended such as holes in wood or profit in the bank. | ||
# ''' | # '''Non intended output,''' waste (''[[Externalities|externality)]]'' such as wood shavings or emissions. | ||
The primary function of any machine is to | The primary function of any machine is to self sustain, the secondary function is to create more output. As the machines were enclosed in a hard metal case they sustain quite well so the primary objective of the owner was to refine their mechanisms to specifically increase output. For instance, the first drill presses were hand cranked, which were that converted to electricity increased output. After a while it was found that the machines output could be vastly improved by reducing the need for external management (cybernetics) as to increase autonomy. This was done by stinging machines together and forming a ''factory''. | ||
[[File:Difference engine.jpg|alt=Difference engine|thumb|Figure 2. The first computer. Babbage's 1882 Difference Engine.]] | [[File:Difference engine.jpg|alt=Difference engine|thumb|Figure 2. The first computer. Babbage's 1882 Difference Engine.]] | ||
This stepping up of machines holds true in the world of computers. The first computers (Figure 2) processed information into other kinds of information instead of using physical inputs and outputs. This, initially was done manually a human would eat some food, turn the cog on the Babbage, Difference Engine and produce new information as a productive output and waste output. A with traditional machines computer were further refined to be powered by electricity and the physical cogs were replaced with virtual cogs called algorithms. After a while, many different algorithms came together to make the modern operating system which is the equivalent to a virtual factory. | This stepping up of machines holds true in the world of computers. The first computers (Figure 2) processed information into other kinds of information instead of using physical inputs and outputs. This, initially was done manually a human would eat some food, turn the cog on the Babbage, Difference Engine and produce new information as a productive output and waste output. A with traditional machines computer were further refined to be powered by electricity and the physical cogs were replaced with virtual cogs called algorithms. After a while, many different algorithms came together to make the modern operating system which is the equivalent to a virtual factory. | ||