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21Laning and Zierler system — The Laning and Zierler system was one of the first operating algebraic compilers, that is, a system capable of accepting mathematical formulae in algebraic notation and producing equivalent machine code. It was implemented in 1954 for the MIT… …
22MDSP — is a multiprocessor DSP family from Cradle Technologies. Currently used mostly in streaming video processing in broadcast (internet and terrestrial) and video surveillance security markets. Cradle claims the MDSP is the most powerful DSP… …
23Rounding — This article is about numerical rounding. For lip rounding in phonetics, see Labialisation. For other uses, see Rounding (disambiguation). Rounding a numerical value means replacing it by another value that is approximately equal but has a… …
24GPGPU — General purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU, also referred to as GPGP and to a lesser extent GP²) is the technique of using a GPU, which typically handles computation only for computer graphics, to perform computation in… …
25History of computing hardware — Computing hardware is a platform for information processing (block diagram) The history of computing hardware is the record of the ongoing effort to make computer hardware faster, cheaper, and capable of storing more data. Computing hardware… …
26Computer numbering formats — The term computer numbering formats refers to the schemes implemented in digital computer and calculator hardware and software to represent numbers. A common mistake made by non specialist computer users is a certain misplaced faith in the… …
27computer — computerlike, adj. /keuhm pyooh teuhr/, n. 1. Also called processor. an electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Cf. analog… …
28CUDA — Developer(s) Nvidia Corporation Stable release 4.0 / May 17 2011; 6 months ago (May 17 2011) Operating system Windows XP and later Mac OS X Linux …
29Computer number format — A computer number format is the internal representation of numeric values in digital computer and calculator hardware and software.[1] Contents 1 Bits, bytes, nibbles, and unsigned integers 1.1 Bits 1.2 …
30Arbitrary-precision arithmetic — In computer science, arbitrary precision arithmetic indicates that calculations are performed on numbers whose digits of precision are limited only by the available memory of the host system. This contrasts with the faster fixed precision… …
