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... instructions — the ma- chine could be no more than a glorified calculator , capable of doing only one thing with the numbers that were given it . In fact the greatest drawback of the prototype computer built in the late 1930s by John V ...
... instructions — the ma- chine could be no more than a glorified calculator , capable of doing only one thing with the numbers that were given it . In fact the greatest drawback of the prototype computer built in the late 1930s by John V ...
Page 84
... instructions . Because a computer needs such detailed instructions , and because each instruction must be a series of binary digits , programming was still an arduous task , and was greatly prone to error . One of the earlier stored ...
... instructions . Because a computer needs such detailed instructions , and because each instruction must be a series of binary digits , programming was still an arduous task , and was greatly prone to error . One of the earlier stored ...
Page 87
... instructions preceded by a numbered line . The instructions include only words and symbols that are part of BASIC's vocabulary , and that a computer equipped with BASIC therefore understands . The numbers , by con- vention , run in tens ...
... instructions preceded by a numbered line . The instructions include only words and symbols that are part of BASIC's vocabulary , and that a computer equipped with BASIC therefore understands . The numbers , by con- vention , run in tens ...
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