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I believe the idea of storing a computer program on paper tape came from looms and weaving. (might be covered in the video, I only skimmed it)

I recall discovering this in a BBC documentary. Can't find it but here's a quick video on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQzpLLhN0fY

Cool video. If Babbage had been a bit less flakey we might have ended up with steam powered computers!