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| When was the first mechanical adding machine invented? |
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| What year did electronics enter the computer scene? |
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| In modern digital computers, circuits that store information, perform arithmetic operations, and control the timing sequences are known as what? |
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| When was the UNIVAC developed? |
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| The field of research that is developing computer systems which mimic human thought in a specific area and improve performance with experience and operation is what field of research? |
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| Mechanical computers are what type of devices? |
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| What determines the size of an analog computer? |
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| Number of functions it has to perform? |
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| What is the primary use of analog computers in the Navy? |
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| In early electronic computers, what was the weak link in electrical computations? |
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| A computer that is designed to perform a specific operation is what kind of computer? |
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