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Computers—the Machines We Think With · D. S. Halacy — chapter 49 of 67 · ~110 words · public domain

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Fein, Louis, 260

Fermat’s theorem, 56

Ferranti, Ltd., 182

Ferrite cores, 9, 63, 131, 253

FIELDATA computer family, 157

FINDER computer system, 161

Finn, James D., 224

Flexibility of digital computer, 89

Flight simulator, 83

Flip-flop circuit, 47, 63, 115 fluid, 70

Floating-point arithmetic, 108

Flow chart, computer, 58, 59

Flyball governor, 36, 203

Fluid computer, 70

Food Machinery Corp., 249

Ford Instrument Co., 42

Forrester, J. W., 199

Fortune, 245

Frankenstein, 42, 212

Freed, Roy, 152

Free learning, 7

Freight trains controlled by computer, 211

Game-playing, 8, 12, 143

Gaming theory, 92

Gardner, Martin, 140

GE 210 computer, 172

GE 225 computer, 245

General Dynamics Corp., 169, 183, 256

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