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Computers—the Machines We Think With · D. S. Halacy — chapter 46 of 67 · ~401 words · public domain

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Color computer, 4

Commercial Art, 175

Commission on Professional and Hospital Activity, 194

Communication, use of computers, 179

Computer ADAM, 258 addition, 106 airborne, 90, 154, 158, 162 analog, 21, 45, 72, 74, 80, 125, 203 direct, 76, 79 direct-current, 76 discrete, 80 indirect, 76, 79 mechanical differential analyzer, 76 scaling, 76 Antikythera, 25 Apollo, 182 space vehicle, 169 applications, digital, 92 ASCC, 155 asynchronous, 255 Athena, 52 ballistic, 83 Bendix G-15, 183, 188 BINAC, 7, 47 BRAINIAC, 88, 117 CALCULO, 75 CLASS, 226-228 code, binary-coded decimal, 103, 106 color, 4 definition, 129 dictionary, 49, 50 difference engine, 5, 35 digital, 18, 45, 73, 84, 125, 203 division, 107 do-it-yourself, 75, 88, 117, 147 electrical-analog, 75 electronic, 1, 46, 122, 151 ENIAC, 7, 40, 46, 85, 215 ERMA, 173 family tree, 86 FINDER system, 161 flow chart, 58, 59 GE 210, 172 GE 225, 245 general-purpose, 54, 81, 191 gigacycle, 254 “Hand,” 132, 214, 215 household, 15, 257 hybrid, 80, 84, 92 ILLIAC, 197 input, 51, 54, 125 JOHNNIAC, 11, 47, 129, 140, 142 language, 233 LARC, 47, 162, 191 LGP-30, 198 limitations, 89 MANIAC, 47, 156, 165 Memex, 13 mill, 38, 51, 60 MIPS, 159 MOBIDIC, 157 MUSE, 48 music, 11, 92, 196, 257 on-line, 81, 205 on-stream, 83, 207 output, 51, 65, 125 parts, 50, 52, 53 problem-solving, 140, 143 Psychological Matrix Rotation, 78, 94 Q-5, 77 RAMAC, 150, 151, 198, 199 Range Keeper Mark I, 42 RAYDAC, 260 RCA 501, 151 “real-time,” 78, 168, 202, 205 RECOMP, 47 revolution, 251 Sabre, 183 SAGE, 3, 12, 37, 53, 158, 159, 226, 259 sequential, 126 “Shoebox,” 242 “software,” 54 spaceborne, 167 special-purpose, 79 SSEC, 155, 156 Stone Age, 21 store, 36, 62 STRETCH, 47, 48 subtraction, 106 testing, 117 UNIVAC, 47, 149, 151, 171, 221 VIDIAC, character-generator, 242 Zuse L23, 199

Computer Control Co., 260

Conjunctive operation, 37, 51, 110

Consciousness, 144, 145, 267

Continuous analog computer, 80

Continuous digital computer, 80

Continuous quantity, 73

Control, computer, 51, 56

Control Data Corp., 194

Conversion analog-to-digital, 74 digital-to-analog, 74

Converters, 94

Cook, William W., 29

Copland, Aaron, 11, 196

Cornell Medical College, 123

Cornell University, 133

Corrigan Communications, 231

Council on Library Resources, 248

Counting Australian, 20 birds, 18 boards, 20 digital, 84 machines, 20 man, 19 modulo-, 97, 101

Credit card, 13, 256

Cryogenics, 70 components, 63

Cryotron, 9, 88, 141, 254, 255

Cybertron, 135, 139

Cyborg, 265

Daedalus, 18

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