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41Personal computer game — A personal computer game (also known as a computer game or simply PC game) is a video game played on a personal computer, rather than on a video game console or arcade machine. Computer games have evolved from the simple graphics and gameplay of… …
42History of computer science — The history of computer science began long before the modern discipline of computer science that emerged in the twentieth century. The progression, from mechanical inventions and mathematical theories towards the modern concepts and machines,… …
43Clipping (computer graphics) — Any procedure which identifies that portion of a picture which is either inside or outside a picture is referred to as a clipping algorithm or clipping. The region against which an object is to be clipped is called clipping window. Contents 1… …
443D computer graphics — This article is about the process of creating 3D computer graphics. For information on the study of computer graphics, see Computer graphics. 3D computer graphics …
45Colossus computer — Colossus MkI/MkII A Colossus Mark 2 computer. The operator on the left is Dorothy Duboisson. The slanted control panel on the left was used to set the pin patterns on the Lorenz. The bedstead paper tape transport is on the right. Developer Tommy… …
46Atanasoff–Berry Computer — The Atanasoff–Berry Computer (ABC) was the first electronic digital computing device. [Citation | date = 1976 | editor last = Ralston | editor first = Anthony | editor2 last = Meek | editor2 first = Christopher | title = Encyclopedia of Computer… …
47Hybrid computer — Hybrid computers are computers that comprise features of analog computers and digital computers. The digital component normally serves as the controller and provides logical operations, while the analog component normally serves as a solver of… …
48Torpedo 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 (see Figure 1). Britain, Germany, and Japan also developed automated torpedo fire control… …
49Gas flow computer — Originally the gas flow computer was an electronic module that simply provided a dedicated gas flow computer function. Today gas flow computer is a misnomer since the gas flow computer function is a subfunction to an overall data acquisition and… …
50Ternary computer — Ternary computers (also sometimes referred to as trinary) use three valued logic in their calculations. History One of the earliest calculating machines, built by Thomas Fowler entirely from wood in 1840, was a ternary computer. The only modern… …
