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... ERROR ? Or TYPE MISMATCH ERROR ? Even if the error message appears to be in English , it's not helpful , such as the self - evident CAN'T CONTINUE ERROR . The upshot is that beginners don't bother to read error mes- sages . It takes a ...
... ERROR ? Or TYPE MISMATCH ERROR ? Even if the error message appears to be in English , it's not helpful , such as the self - evident CAN'T CONTINUE ERROR . The upshot is that beginners don't bother to read error mes- sages . It takes a ...
Page 79
... error for you . Certainly the days when any computer responds with a cryptic SYNTAX ERROR are numbered . Furthermore , there is no reason why the machine cannot begin to " know " your quirks . If you consistently make some error ( I ...
... error for you . Certainly the days when any computer responds with a cryptic SYNTAX ERROR are numbered . Furthermore , there is no reason why the machine cannot begin to " know " your quirks . If you consistently make some error ( I ...
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... error remains the same . Ten entries , each accurate within 10 percent , produce a final answer that is accurate within 10 percent . But if your estimates are multiplied with each other , the possible error increases rap- idly . Ten ...
... error remains the same . Ten entries , each accurate within 10 percent , produce a final answer that is accurate within 10 percent . But if your estimates are multiplied with each other , the possible error increases rap- idly . Ten ...
Common terms and phrases
50 PRINT answer Apple Apple Computer Apple II arcade games artificial intelligence backup beginners better butler calculator called CHING chip COIN COLOR computer art computer programs copy CP/M create creative cursor DATA devices disk drives error fact feel film floppy disks GOSUB GOTO graphics HELLO HEXAGRAM HLIN HTAB human IBM Personal Computer INPUT instructions INT RND interaction Joseph Weizenbaum keyboard language LOCATE look means memory MICHAEL CRICHTON microchip microprocessor monitor NUCLEAR operating system Personal Computer PRINT CHR PRINT SPC printer problem PUSSYCAT puter screen SHRDLU small computers SOOTHSAYER stereo talking tape telephone tell There's thing tion TRIGRAMS Turn the machine type LIST Type PRINT Type SAVE typewriter users VLIN VTAB 24 what's whirrs word processor write