• In computer hardware, a word mark or flag is a bit in each memory location on some early variable word length computers (e.g., IBM 1401, 1410, 1620) used...
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  • (here, "hardware word" means the full-sized natural word of the processor, as opposed to any other definition used). Documentation for older computers with...
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    System AP-101 (IBM S/360-derived) computers used in the Space Shuttle Gemini Guidance Computer History of computer hardware More specifically, verb 16 instructs...
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    Endianness (category Computer memory)
    which bytes within a word of digital data are transmitted over a data communication medium or addressed (by rising addresses) in computer memory, counting...
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    The Z1 was a motor-driven mechanical computer designed by German inventor Konrad Zuse from 1936 to 1937, which he built in his parents' home from 1936...
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    The term computer system may refer to a nominally complete computer that includes the hardware, operating system, software, and peripheral equipment needed...
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    English Electric DEUCE (category Computer-related introductions in 1955)
    independently by Burroughs. Besides a hardware nesting store or stack - the basic mechanism of a zero-address computer - the KDF9 had other groups of central...
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    history of computing hardware spans the developments from early devices used for simple calculations to today's complex computers, encompassing advancements...
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  • Mark Edward Dean (born March 2, 1957) is an American inventor and computer engineer. He developed the ISA bus with his partner Dennis Moeller, and he led...
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    Password (redirect from Pass word)
    things as hardware tokens and biometric security. Password rotation is a policy that is commonly implemented with the goal of enhancing computer security...
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  • instructions. Assembly of the computer began in the autumn of 1950 and lasted six months. The Mark 1 used a 20-bit word stored as a single line of dots...
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  • Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) is a music-related computer software and hardware supplier developed by Jason Linhart, Craig Finseth, Scott Layson Burson, Brian...
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    computers can be roughly classified according to the level at which the hardware supports parallelism, with multi-core and multi-processor computers having...
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  • Metrovick 950 (category Computer-related introductions in 1956)
    in improving the reliability of the Manchester Mark 1 computer. This machine was similar to the Mark I, except that it did not include Williams tubes...
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  • The Manchester Mark 1 was one of the earliest stored-program computers, developed at the Victoria University of Manchester, England from the Manchester...
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  • Kaypro (redirect from Kaypro Computer)
    every Kaypro 8-bit computer had a full 64 KB of RAM, enough to run virtually any CP/M program—the hardware expandability of this computer was nearly nonexistent...
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    feature of the purchaser's computer hardware, which cannot be as easily duplicated since it depends on the user's hardware. Another method involves requiring...
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    DEC View of Hardware Systems Design. DEC. T. Kilburn; D.B.G. Edwards; D. Aspinall (September 1959). "Parallel addition in digital computers: A new fast...
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    Spreadsheets Word processing Computer aided design Computer programming portal Forensic software engineering History of computing hardware History of operating...
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    Asus (redirect from ASUSTeK Computer)
    multinational computer, phone hardware and electronics manufacturer headquartered in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. Its products include desktop computers, laptops...
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  • Computer World (German: Computerwelt) is the eighth studio album by German electronic band Kraftwerk, released on 11 May 1981. It was accompanied by four...
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  • until the early 1970s, there was much talk about "generations" of computer hardware, then usually organized into three generations First generation: Thermionic...
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    device was marketed as an inexpensive computer for schoolchildren, rather than as an executive tool. The hardware was the same as the Series 3, but the...
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  • leader Electric Pencil. WordStar was written with as few assumptions as possible about the operating system and machine hardware, allowing it to be easily...
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    personal computer, commonly referred to as PC or computer, is a computer designed for individual use. It is typically used for tasks such as word processing...
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    In natural language processing, a word embedding is a representation of a word. The embedding is used in text analysis. Typically, the representation is...
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    categorized according to their hardware platform, which traditionally includes arcade video games, console games, and computer games (which includes LAN games...
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    Firmware (section Computers)
    boundary between hardware and software; thus the name firmware. Over time, popular usage extended the word firmware to denote any computer program that is...
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    the personal computer user the capability to copy and "burn" standard Audio CDs which were playable in any CD player. As computer hardware grew more powerful...
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  • GE-600 series (category Computer-related introductions in 1963)
    provided hardware support for the Multics operating system developed at MIT. The 605/615/625/635 and 645 were essentially second generation computers with...
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