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85 relations: Adding machine, Admiralty Fire Control Table, Alexander Kronrod, Analog computer, Analytical Engine, Andrew Donald Booth, Anno Domini, Antikythera mechanism, ARRA (computer), Automaton, Automaton Rover for Extreme Environments, Ball-and-disk integrator, BARK (computer), Bell Labs, Billiard-ball computer, Blaise Pascal, Bombsight, Carl Friden, Cathode ray tube, Charles Babbage, Computer, Curta, Difference engine, Differential analyser, Digi-Comp I, Digi-Comp II, Domino computer, East Germany, Economy of the United Kingdom, Electronics, Fujitsu, Gear, George Stibitz, Globe, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Harvard Mark I, Harvard Mark II, Harwell computer, History of computing hardware, IBM SSEC, Imperial College London, Kerrison Predictor, Konrad Zuse, Latitude, Lever, List of pioneers in computer science, Longitude, Machine, Marchant calculator, Mark I Fire Control Computer, ..., Mechanical calculator, Mechanical counter, MONIAC, Norden bombsight, Office of Naval Research, Pascal's calculator, Polynomial, Relay logic, SAPO (computer), Simon (computer), Slide rule, Soyuz (spacecraft), Spaceflight, Square root, Stepped reckoner, Switch, Torpedo Data Computer, Transistor, Turing completeness, United States Navy, UNIVAC 1101, Vacuum tube, Venus, Voskhod (spacecraft), Voskhod Spacecraft "Globus" IMP navigation instrument, Vostok (spacecraft), William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, World War II, Yuri Gagarin, Z1 (computer), Z11 (computer), Z2 (computer), Z3 (computer), Z4 (computer), Z5 (computer). Expand index (35 more) »
Adding machine
An adding machine was a class of mechanical calculator, usually specialized for bookkeeping calculations.
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Admiralty Fire Control Table
6.The Admiralty Fire Control Table (A.F.C.T.) was an electromechanical analogue computer fire-control system that calculated the correct elevation and deflection of the main armament of a Royal Navy cruiser or battleship, so that the shells fired would strike a surface target.
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Alexander Kronrod
Aleksandr (Alexander) Semenovich Kronrod (Алекса́ндр Семёнович Кронро́д) (October 22, 1921 – October 6, 1986) was a Soviet mathematician and computer scientist, best known for the Gauss-Kronrod quadrature formula which he published in 1964.
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Analog computer
An analog computer or analogue computer is a form of computer that uses the continuously changeable aspects of physical phenomena such as electrical, mechanical, or hydraulic quantities to model the problem being solved.
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Analytical Engine
The Analytical Engine was a proposed mechanical general-purpose computer designed by English mathematician and computer pioneer Charles Babbage.
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Andrew Donald Booth
Andrew Donald Booth (11 February 1918 – 29 November 2009), The Times, 12 January 2010.
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Anno Domini
The terms anno Domini (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used to label or number years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
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Antikythera mechanism
The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient Greek analogue computer and orrery used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses for calendar and astrological purposes decades in advance.
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ARRA (computer)
The ARRA (for "Automatische Relais Rekenmachine Amsterdam", Automatic Relay Calculator Amsterdam) was the first Dutch computer, and was built from relays for the Dutch Mathematical Centre (Dutch: Mathematisch Centrum), which later became the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI).
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Automaton
An automaton (plural: automata or automatons) is a self-operating machine, or a machine or control mechanism designed to automatically follow a predetermined sequence of operations, or respond to predetermined instructions.
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Automaton Rover for Extreme Environments
Automaton Rover for Extreme Environments (AREE) is a project to create a rover that uses Venus' harsh conditions to its advantage, controlled by a wind-powered mechanical computer.
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Ball-and-disk integrator
The ball-and-disk integrator is a key component of many advanced mechanical computers.
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BARK (computer)
BARK was an early electromechanical computer.
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Bell Labs
Nokia Bell Labs (formerly named AT&T Bell Laboratories, Bell Telephone Laboratories and Bell Labs) is an American research and scientific development company, owned by Finnish company Nokia.
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Billiard-ball computer
A billiard-ball computer, a type of conservative logic circuit, is an idealized model of a reversible mechanical computer based on Newtonian dynamics, proposed in 1982 by Edward Fredkin and Tommaso Toffoli.
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Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic theologian.
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Bombsight
A bombsight is a device used by military aircraft to accurately drop bombs.
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Carl Friden
Carl Friden (April 11, 1891 – April 29, 1945) was the Swedish born, American mechanical engineer and businessman who founded the Friden Calculating Machine Company (Friden, Inc.).
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Cathode ray tube
The cathode ray tube (CRT) is a vacuum tube that contains one or more electron guns and a phosphorescent screen, and is used to display images.
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Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage (26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English polymath.
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Computer
A computer is a device that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically via computer programming.
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Curta
The Curta is a small mechanical calculator developed by Curt Herzstark.
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Difference engine
A difference engine is an automatic mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions.
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Differential analyser
The differential analyser is a mechanical analogue computer designed to solve differential equations by integration, using wheel-and-disc mechanisms to perform the integration.
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Digi-Comp I
The Digi-Comp I was a functioning, mechanical digital computer sold in kit form.
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Digi-Comp II
The Digi-Comp II was a toy computer invented by John Thomas Godfrey and manufactured by E.S.R., Inc. that used marbles rolling down a ramp to perform basic calculations.
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Domino computer
A domino computer is a mechanical computer built using dominoes to represent mechanical amplification or logic gating of digital signals.
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East Germany
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR), existed from 1949 to 1990 and covers the period when the eastern portion of Germany existed as a state that was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War period.
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Economy of the United Kingdom
The economy of the United Kingdom is highly developed and market-oriented.
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Electronics
Electronics is the discipline dealing with the development and application of devices and systems involving the flow of electrons in a vacuum, in gaseous media, and in semiconductors.
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Fujitsu
is a Japanese multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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Gear
A gear or cogwheel is a rotating machine part having cut like teeth, or cogs, which mesh with another toothed part to transmit torque.
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George Stibitz
George Robert Stibitz (April 30, 1904 – January 31, 1995) was a Bell Labs researcher internationally recognized as one of the fathers of the modern first digital computer.
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Globe
A globe is a spherical model of Earth, of some other celestial body, or of the celestial sphere.
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Gottfried Wilhelm (von) Leibniz (or; Leibnitz; – 14 November 1716) was a German polymath and philosopher who occupies a prominent place in the history of mathematics and the history of philosophy.
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Harvard Mark I
The IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC), called Mark I by Harvard University’s staff, was a general purpose electromechanical computer that was used in the war effort during the last part of World War II.
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Harvard Mark II
The Harvard Mark II, also known as Aiken Relay Calculator, was an electromechanical computer built under the direction of Howard Aiken and was finished in 1947.
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Harwell computer
The Harwell computer, later known as the Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing from Harwell (WITCH), or the Harwell Dekatron Computer, is an early British relay-based computer of the 1950s.
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History of computing hardware
The history of computing hardware covers the developments from early simple devices to aid calculation to modern day computers.
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IBM SSEC
The IBM Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator (SSEC) was an electromechanical computer built by IBM.
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Imperial College London
Imperial College London (officially Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom.
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Kerrison Predictor
The Kerrison Predictor was one of the first fully automated anti-aircraft fire-control systems.
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Konrad Zuse
Konrad Zuse (22 June 1910 – 18 December 1995) was a German civil engineer, inventor and computer pioneer.
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Latitude
In geography, latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north–south position of a point on the Earth's surface.
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Lever
A lever is a simple machine consisting of a beam or rigid rod pivoted at a fixed hinge, or fulcrum.
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List of pioneers in computer science
This article presents a list of individuals who made transformative breakthroughs in the creation, development and imagining of what computers and electronics could do.
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Longitude
Longitude, is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface.
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Machine
A machine uses power to apply forces and control movement to perform an intended action.
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Marchant calculator
The Marchant Calculating Machine Co. was founded in 1911 by Rodney and Alfred Marchant in Oakland, California.
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Mark I Fire Control Computer
The Mark 1, and later the Mark 1A, Fire Control Computer was a component of the Mark 37 Gun Fire Control System deployed by the United States Navy during World War II and up to 1969 or later.
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Mechanical calculator
A mechanical calculator, or calculating machine, is a mechanical device used to perform automatically the basic operations of arithmetic.
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Mechanical counter
File:Teller (3).jpg|Mechanical counter wheels showing both sides.
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MONIAC
The MONIAC (Monetary National Income Analogue Computer) also known as the Phillips Hydraulic Computer and the Financephalograph, was created in 1949 by the New Zealand economist Bill Phillips (William Phillips) to model the national economic processes of the United Kingdom, while Phillips was a student at the London School of Economics (LSE).
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Norden bombsight
The Norden Mk.
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Office of Naval Research
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is an organization within the United States Department of the Navy that coordinates, executes, and promotes the science and technology programs of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps through schools, universities, government laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit organizations.
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Pascal's calculator
A Pascaline signed by Pascal in 1652 Top view and overview of the entire mechanism''Œuvres de Pascal'' in 5 volumes, ''La Haye'', 1779 Pascal's calculator (also known as the arithmetic machine or Pascaline) is a mechanical calculator invented by Blaise Pascal in the early 17th century.
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Polynomial
In mathematics, a polynomial is an expression consisting of variables (also called indeterminates) and coefficients, that involves only the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and non-negative integer exponents of variables.
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Relay logic
Relay logic is a method of implementing combinational logic in electrical control circuits by using several electrical relays wired in a particular configuration.
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SAPO (computer)
The SAPO (short for Samočinný počítač, “automatic computer”) was the first Czechoslovak computer.
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Simon (computer)
Simon was a relay-based computer, described by Edmund Berkeley in a series of thirteen construction articles in Radio-Electronics magazine, from October 1950.
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Slide rule
The slide rule, also known colloquially in the United States as a slipstick, is a mechanical analog computer.
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Soyuz (spacecraft)
Soyuz is a series of spacecraft designed for the Soviet space program by the Korolev Design Bureau (now RKK Energia) in the 1960s that remains in service today.
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Spaceflight
Spaceflight (also written space flight) is ballistic flight into or through outer space.
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Square root
In mathematics, a square root of a number a is a number y such that; in other words, a number y whose square (the result of multiplying the number by itself, or) is a. For example, 4 and −4 are square roots of 16 because.
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Stepped reckoner
The step reckoner (or stepped reckoner) was a digital mechanical calculator invented by the German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz around 1672 and completed in 1694.
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Switch
In electrical engineering, a switch is an electrical component that can "make" or "break" an electrical circuit, interrupting the current or diverting it from one conductor to another.
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Torpedo Data Computer
The Torpedo Data Computer (TDC) was an early electromechanical analog computer used for torpedo fire-control on American submarines during World War II.
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Transistor
A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electronic signals and electrical power.
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Turing completeness
In computability theory, a system of data-manipulation rules (such as a computer's instruction set, a programming language, or a cellular automaton) is said to be Turing complete or computationally universal if it can be used to simulate any Turing machine.
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United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.
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UNIVAC 1101
The ERA 1101, later renamed UNIVAC 1101, was a computer system designed and built by Engineering Research Associates (ERA) in the early 1950s and continued to be sold by the Remington Rand corporation after that company later purchased ERA.
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Vacuum tube
In electronics, a vacuum tube, an electron tube, or just a tube (North America), or valve (Britain and some other regions) is a device that controls electric current between electrodes in an evacuated container.
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Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days.
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Voskhod (spacecraft)
The Voskhod ("Sunrise") was a spacecraft built by the Soviet Union's space program for human spaceflight as part of the Voskhod programme.
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Voskhod Spacecraft "Globus" IMP navigation instrument
Globus IMP instruments were spacecraft navigation instruments used in Soviet and Russian manned spacecraft.
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Vostok (spacecraft)
The Vostok (Восток, translated as "East") was a type of spacecraft built by the Soviet Union.
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William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907) was a Scots-Irish mathematical physicist and engineer who was born in Belfast in 1824.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (p; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut.
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Z1 (computer)
The Z1 was a mechanical computer designed by Konrad Zuse from 1935 to 1936 and built by him from 1936 to 1938.
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Z11 (computer)
The Z11 was a computer, the first serially produced machine of the Zuse KG.
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Z2 (computer)
The Z2 was a mechanical and relay computer completed by Konrad Zuse in 1940.
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Z3 (computer)
The Z3 was a German electromechanical computer designed by Konrad Zuse.
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Z4 (computer)
The Z4 was the world's first commercial digital computer, designed by German engineer Konrad Zuse and built by his company Zuse Apparatebau in 1945.
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Z5 (computer)
The Z5 was a computer designed by Konrad Zuse and manufactured by Zuse KG following an order by Leitz GMBH in Wetzlar AG in 1950.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_computer
