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  • 51Prime Computer — Prime Computer, Inc. was a Natick, Massachusetts based producer of minicomputers from 1972 until 1992. The alternative spellings PR1ME and PR1ME Computer were used as brand names or logos by the company. Contents 1 Founders 2 History 3 Operating… …

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  • 52Z1 (computer) — The Z1 was a mechanical computer created by Konrad Zuse in 1936. It was a binary electrically driven mechanical calculator with limited programmability, reading instructions from punched tape. A reproduction of this machine (pictured) is… …

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  • 53Mechanical computer — Hamman Manus R A mechanical computer is built from mechanical components such as levers and gears, rather than electronic components. The most common examples are adding machines and mechanical counters, which use the turning of gears to… …

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  • 54ZEBRA (computer) — The ZEBRA (Zeer Eenvoudige Binaire Reken Automaat translated Very Simple Binary Reckoning Automat ) was one of the first computers to be designed in the Netherlands, (the first one was the ARRA ) and one of the first Dutch computers to be… …

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  • 55David May (computer scientist) — Michael David May, born February 24, 1951, is a British computer scientist. He is Professor of Computer Science at the University of Bristol and founder and Chief Technology Officer of XMOS Semiconductor. May was lead architect for the transputer …

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  • 56DAI Personal Computer — A DAI personal computer The DAI personal computer is a rare, early home computer from the Belgian company Data Applications International. The DAI came to market in 1980. It provided many pioneering features such as high resolution color graphics …

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  • 57Multithreading (computer architecture) — This article describes hardware supports for multithreads. For thread in software, see Thread (computer science). Multithreading computers have hardware support to efficiently execute multiple threads. These are distinguished from multiprocessing …

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  • 58Ch (computer programming) — In computing, Ch (  /ˌsiːˈ …

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  • 59Alliant Computer Systems — was a computer company that designed and manufactured parallel computing systems. Together with Pyramid Technology and Sequent Computer Systems, Alliant s machines pioneered the symmetric multiprocessing market. One of the more successful… …

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  • 60Class (computer programming) — In object oriented programming, a class is a construct that is used as a blueprint to create instances of itself – referred to as class instances, class objects, instance objects or simply objects. A class defines constituent members which enable …

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