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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History of computing hardware (redirect from Computer generation)
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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Digital differential analyzer (redirect from Digital integrating computer)
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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Processor register (redirect from General purpose register)
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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Signal generator (redirect from Analog signal generator)
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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Embedded system (redirect from Special purpose computer)
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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Electronic Associates (redirect from EAI (analog computing))
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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Tennis for Two (redirect from Computer Tennis)
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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Audio signal processing (section Analog)
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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