• 1980s Vintage Computers — Practical Computing Practical Computing magazine - Stories Computing History - Practical Computing David Viner — UK Computer...
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    of information in quantum computing, the qubit (or "quantum bit"), serves the same function as the bit in classical computing. However, unlike a classical...
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  • Neuromorphic computing is an approach to computing that is inspired by the structure and function of the human brain. A neuromorphic computer/chip is...
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    Clone". Practical Computing. pp. 58–60. Retrieved 16 July 2024. "Compatible with you know who. Priced as only we know how". Practical Computing. November...
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    Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computing machinery. It includes the study and experimentation of algorithmic...
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    concert to perform very large tasks. Fog computing – Distributed computing paradigm that provides data, compute, storage and application services closer...
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  • common goal for their work. The terms "concurrent computing", "parallel computing", and "distributed computing" have much overlap, and no clear distinction...
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  • Optical computing or photonic computing uses light waves produced by lasers or incoherent sources for data processing, data storage or data communication...
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    1982). "Interview – Clive Sinclair". Practical Computing. Vol. 5, no. 7. "Sinclair ZX80 Launched". Centre for Computing History. Retrieved 23 December 2018...
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    Hao Wang, "A variant to Turing's theory of computing machines", Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery (JACM) 4, 63–92 (1957). Charles Petzold...
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  • p. 4. Retrieved 1 September 2020. "Chris Curry of Acorn" (PDF). Practical Computing. October 1982. pp. 62–63, 69, 71. Retrieved 18 October 2020. "Acorn...
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    first program on 21 June 1948. The Baby was not intended to be a practical computing engine, but was instead designed as a testbed for the Williams tube...
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  • successor. Reversible computing is considered an unconventional approach to computation and is closely linked to quantum computing, where the principles...
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    of computation to the practical issues of implementing computing systems in hardware and software. CSAB, formerly called Computing Sciences Accreditation...
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  • Willow processor (category Quantum computing)
    be used in practical applications, and in the announcement blogpost expressed the belief that advanced AI will benefit from quantum computing. Willow follows...
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    1986, p. 256. Popular Computing Weekly 1983a, p. 1. Backhurst 1983b, p. 14. Popular Computing Weekly 1983c, p. 1. Popular Computing Weekly 1983d, p. 5....
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    Processor for Scientific Computing". ACM Computing Frontiers. Retrieved April 6, 2017. "SCOP3: A Rough Guide to Scientific Computing On the PlayStation 3"...
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  • Scientific Research Institute of System Development (category Computing in the Soviet Union)
    fundamental and applied mathematics in combination with the methods of practical computing. Founded by the Decree no. 1174 of the Presidium of the USSR Academy...
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    February 2024. Coles, Ray (October 1985). "Rally to the Colours". Practical Computing. p. 29. Retrieved 26 March 2021. "IBM PS/2 Model 25". dosady.co.uk...
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    of the analytical engine's computing unit (the mill) in 1888. He gave a successful demonstration of its use in computing tables in 1906. In his work...
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  • inspiration for The Quill was an article in the August 1980 issue of Practical Computing by Ken Reed in which Reed described the use of a database to produce...
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    the Manchester Baby of 1948, required for fully general-purpose practical computing machines. The machine was, however, the first to implement: Using...
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    Canon X-07 (category Computing by computer model)
    132 Popular Science, Jan 1984, p. 56 Popular Science, volume 224 Practical Computing - volume 7 - p. 100 Info World: July 4 1983 - p.29 Old Computers:...
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    Moody, Glyn (November 1986). "Apple IIGS Best of Both Worlds". Practical Computing. pp. 62–64. Retrieved July 16, 2024. United States Congress House...
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    Retrieved 23 January 2025. Moody, Glyn (May 1985). "Wise buys". Practical Computing. pp. 105–107. Retrieved 23 January 2025. Bright, Peter (October 1984)...
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  • In computing, an epoch is a fixed date and time used as a reference from which a computer measures system time. Most computer systems determine time as...
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  • Unconventional computing (also known as alternative computing or nonstandard computation) is computing by any of a wide range of new or unusual methods...
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  • Verifiable computing (or verified computation or verified computing) enables a computer to offload the computation of some function, to other perhaps untrusted...
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  • ISSN 1604-7982. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. "Practical Computing". Practical Computing. 8: 100. 1985. "Frontier: Elite II official page". 2007...
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    (January 1987). "Up, Up & Upgrade?". A&B Computing. pp. 12–16. Grace, Clive (July 1985). "Flexible Options". A&B Computing. pp. 109–112. Retrieved 3 December...
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