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21Control Data Corporation — (CDC) was a supercomputer firm. For most of the 1960s, it built the fastest computers in the world by far, only losing that crown in the 1970s after Seymour Cray left the company to found Cray Research, Inc. (CRI). CDC was one of the nine major… …
22control system — Means by which a set of variable quantities is held constant or caused to vary in a prescribed way. Control systems are intimately related to the concept of automation but have an ancient history. Roman engineers maintained water levels in… …
23Computer-aided dispatch — The CAD system of a fire department on a busy day. The line at the bottom is about to be dispatched. (Note:addresses have been changed for privacy reasons.) Computer assisted dispatch, also called Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD), is a method of… …
24Computer virus — Not to be confused with Malware. A computer virus is a computer program that can replicate itself[1] and spread from one computer to another. The term virus is also commonly but erroneously used to refer to other types of malware, including but… …
25Computer icon — For a list of icons for use on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Icons. A computer icon is a pictogram displayed on a computer screen and used to navigate a computer system or mobile device. The icon itself is a small picture or symbol serving as a quick …
26Computer-assisted dispatch — The central idea is that persons in a dispatch center are able to easily view and understand the status of all units being dispatched. CAD provides displays and tools so that the dispatcher has an opportunity to handle calls for service as… …
27Control-C — This article is about the keyboard shortcut. For the ASCII character, see end of text character. Control C is a common computer command. It is generated by pressing the C key while holding down the …
28Control unit — A control unit in general is a central (or sometimes distributed but clearly distinguishable) part of the machinery that controls its operation, provided that a piece of machinery is complex and organized enough to contain any such unit. One… …
29Control key — A Control key (marked Ctrl ) on a modern Windows keyboard In computing, a Control key is a modifier key which, when pressed in conjunction with another key, will perform a special operation (for example, Control Alt Delete); similar to the Shift… …
30Computer appliance — A computer appliance is generally a separate and discrete hardware device with integrated software (firmware), specifically designed to provide a specific computing resource. These devices became known as appliances because of their similarity to …
