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  • 21carriage return — 1. (on a typewriter) the key or mechanism that causes the next character typed to appear at the left margin and on a new line. 2. Computers. the symbol, command, or key (return) that causes the printer to be positioned or the cursor to be… …

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  • 22carriage — car·riage || kærɪdÊ’ n. coach, buggy; railroad car; transportation; mechanism that prepares the next sheet of paper before it is fed into a printer (Computers); pedestal of a cannon; walking, manner of carrying oneself; paper feeder in a… …

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  • 23carriage —    1. A printer or typewriter mechanism that holds the platen and controls paper feeding and movements.    2. In jukeboxes, the hand on the robotic arm that grasps and moves the disk to or from the storage slot, disk drive, or mailslot. Also… …

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  • 24IBM Selectric typewriter — The IBM Selectric typewriter (occasionally known as the IBM Golfball typewriter) is an influential electric typewriter design. It was introduced in 1961.Instead of a basket of pivoting typebars the Selectric had a pivoting type element… …

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  • 25Oliver Typewriter Company — This article is about the typewriter manufacturer. For the tractor manufacturer, see Oliver Corporation. The Oliver Typewriter Company Type Privately held company Industry Typewriters …

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  • 26Blickensderfer typewriter — A Blickensderfer 5 typewriter The Blickensderfer Typewriter was designed by George C Blickensderfer (1850 1917) in 1893. It was originally intended to compete with Remington desk typewriters, but ended up being known for its portability.… …

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  • 27IBM Electromatic typewriter — The history of the Electromatic goes back to 1924, when the North East Electric Company received patent rights for the power roller from James Smathers. At that time, the company was selling electric motors, and wanted to get into the typewriter… …

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  • 28IBM Electric typewriter — The IBM Electric typewriters were a series of electric typewriters that IBM manufactured, starting in the late 1940s. They used the conventional moving carriage and hammer mechanism. Each model came in both Standard and Executive versions; the… …

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  • 29electric typewriter —    A typewriter equipped with an electric motor that assists in operating the typebars and the carriage movements, while the typebars or type element is activated by a series of mechanical linkages …

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  • 30IBM 632 — The IBM 632 was a valve and relay driven basic (very basic) accounting machine, introduced in 1958, that was available in seven different models. It consisted of an IBM Electric typewriter and at least a punch card unit (like the IBM 024) that… …

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