electrical calculating machine
1machine tool — machine tooled, adj. a power operated machine, as a lathe, used for general cutting and shaping of metal and other substances. [1860 65] * * * Stationary, power driven machine used to cut, shape, or form materials such as metal and wood. Machine… …
2Mallock machine — Mallock machine, 1933 The Mallock machine was an electrical analog computer built in 1933 to solve simultaneous linear differential equations. It used coupled transformers, with numbers of turns digitally set up to +/ 1000 and solved sets of up… …
3machine — machineless, adj. /meuh sheen /, n., v., machined, machining. n. 1. an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work: a sewing machine. 2. a mechanical apparatus or contrivance;… …
4add|ing machine — «AD ihng», any one of several machines for calculating or computing by mechanical or electrical means. Adding machines are used to speed up bookkeeping operations …
5Step Reckoner — ▪ calculating machine a calculating machine designed (1671) and built (1673) by the German mathematician philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm). The Step Reckoner expanded on the French mathematician philosopher… …
6computer — 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… …
7History 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… …
8Computer — For other uses, see Computer (disambiguation). Computer technology redirects here. For the company, see Computer Technology Limited. Computer …
9Timeline of computing hardware 2400 BC–1949 — History of computing Hardware before 1960 Hardware 1960s to present Hardware in Soviet Bloc countries Artificial intelligence Computer science Operating systems Programming languages …
10Stepped Reckoner — The Liebniz Stepped Drum (or Step(ped) Reckoner, a translation of its German name Staffelwalze,) was a digital mechanical calculator invented by German mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz around 1672 and completed 1694.cite… …
