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  2. Computer - Wikipedia

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    The Antikythera mechanism is believed to be the earliest known mechanical analog computer, according to Derek J. de Solla Price. [6] It was designed to calculate astronomical positions. It was discovered in 1901 in the Antikythera wreck off the Greek island of Antikythera, between Kythera and Crete, and has been dated to approximately c. 100 ...

  3. IBM 704 - Wikipedia

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    IBM 704 vacuum-tube circuit module. The IBM 704 had a 38-bit accumulator, a 36-bit multiplier/quotient register, and three 15-bit index registers.The contents of the index registers are subtracted from the base address, so the index registers are also called "decrement registers".

  4. Home computer - Wikipedia

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    Mary Allen Wilkes working on the LINC at home in 1965; thought to be the first home computer user The 1974 MITS Altair 8800 home computer (atop extra 8-inch floppy disk drive): one of the earliest computers affordable and marketed to private / home use from 1975, but many buyers got a kit, to be hand-soldered and assembled.

  5. Computer architecture - Wikipedia

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    The first documented computer architecture was in the correspondence between Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace, describing the analytical engine.While building the computer Z1 in 1936, Konrad Zuse described in two patent applications for his future projects that machine instructions could be stored in the same storage used for data, i.e., the stored-program concept.

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    Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) unveiled new legislation Monday to empower President Trump to enter negotiations to "purchase or otherwise acquire" Greenland and to rename the icy island "Red, White and ...

  7. Here's How the NFL Chooses Which Stadium Will Host the ... - AOL

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    Becoming a host city for the Super Bowl is a long and difficult process, one that starts years before the game actually takes place. When all is said and done, the decision behind the host city ...

  8. GM-NAA I/O - Wikipedia

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    The GM-NAA I/O input/output system of General Motors and North American Aviation was the first operating system for the IBM 704 computer. [1] [2]It was created in 1956 by Robert L. Patrick of General Motors Research and Owen Mock of North American Aviation. [1]

  9. New York doctor indicted for prescribing Louisiana teen ...

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    A New York doctor has been indicted for allegedly sending abortion pills to a teenager in Louisiana, in what could be the first time a provider has faced criminal charges for mailing the ...