• The general purpose analog computer (GPAC) is a mathematical model of analog computers first introduced in 1941 by Claude Shannon. This model consists...
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    An analog computer or analogue computer is a type of computation machine (computer) that uses physical phenomena such as electrical, mechanical, or hydraulic...
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  • centre in Geelong, Victoria, Australia General purpose analog computer, a mathematical model of analog computers GPAC Project on Advanced Content, an open...
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  • A general-purpose input/output (GPIO) is an uncommitted digital signal pin on an integrated circuit or electronic circuit (e.g. MCUs/MPUs) board that...
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    The Reeves Electronic Analog Computer (commonly shortened REAC) was a family of early analog computers produced in the United States by Reeves Instrument...
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  • Turing machine for analog computers, because of a result of Shannon that identifies the outputs of the general purpose analog computer with the solutions...
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    industrial robots. Computers are at the core of general-purpose devices such as personal computers and mobile devices such as smartphones. Computers power the...
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    their lifetime. Analogy Conceptual metaphor Conceptual model General purpose analog computer Homomorphism Inquiry Isomorphism Metaphor MONIAC Morphism Paradigm...
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  • Integrated circuits analog multipliers are incorporated into many applications, such as a true RMS converter, but a number of general purpose analog multiplier...
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  • real numbers. Complexity and Real Computation General purpose analog computer Hypercomputation Real computer Quantum finite automaton Blum, Lenore; Shub...
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    Addition (section Computers)
    on an assembly of pistons. The most common situation for a general-purpose analog computer is to add two voltages (referenced to ground); this can be...
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    used for simple calculations to today's complex computers, encompassing advancements in both analog and digital technology. The first aids to computation...
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    Adapter (computing) (category Computer peripherals)
    example, analog telephone adapters (ATA) are used by telephone and cable companies. This device connects an analog telephone to a computer or network...
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  • computers History of computer components Punched cards History of general purpose CPUs History of the floppy disk History of personal computers Social media memes...
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  • differential equations, a hardware DDA can solve them much faster than a general purpose computer (using similar technology). However reprogramming a hardware DDA...
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    Differential analyser (category Analog computers)
    around the world". Torque amplifier Ball-and-disk integrator General purpose analog computer Irwin, William (July 2009). "The Differential Analyser Explained"...
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    smartphones etc. Lisp machine List of computer size categories Bell's law of computer classes Analog computers Feng's classification Flynn's taxonomy...
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  • A processor register is a quickly accessible location available to a computer's processor. Registers usually consist of a small amount of fast storage...
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  • slightly more intricate methods. Computer programs can be used to generate arbitrary waveforms on a general-purpose computer and output the waveform via an...
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    loops, programmable interval timers General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) Analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters Debugging: JTAG, In-system...
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    expanded upon the Mischgerät design to develop the first general purpose electronic analog computer, which he used to perform 2 DOF flight simulations with...
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    from October 1950. Intended for the educational purpose of demonstrating the concept of a digital computer, it could not be used for any significant practical...
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    Lloyd F. Christianson and Arthur L. Adamson and began manufacturing analog computers in 1952. Their systems were used by NASA to develop space probes and...
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    machine sold in the 1960s, calculated square roots. Mechanical computers can be either analog, using continuous or smooth mechanisms such as curved plates...
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    learning that the government research institution's Donner Model 30 analog computer could simulate trajectories with wind resistance. He designed the game...
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  • Network analyzer (AC power) (category Analog computers)
    calculating boards) or transient network analyzers. These special-purpose analog computers were an outgrowth of the DC calculating boards used in the very...
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    The history of general-purpose CPUs is a continuation of the earlier history of computing hardware. In the early 1950s, each computer design was unique...
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  • Harvard Architecture Single-Chip Computer (SHARC) is a high performance floating-point and fixed-point DSP from Analog Devices. SHARC is used in a variety...
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  • knowledge and general sound semantics for the purpose of performing intelligent operations on audio and music signals by the computer. Technically this...
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  • General-purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU, or less often GPGP) is the use of a graphics processing unit (GPU), which typically handles...
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