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... record information electrically . En- coding information in pulses of electricity was of course nothing new even in Babbage's day ; the first commercial telegraph was established in England in 1839. Hollerith used pulses of electricity ...
... record information electrically . En- coding information in pulses of electricity was of course nothing new even in Babbage's day ; the first commercial telegraph was established in England in 1839. Hollerith used pulses of electricity ...
Page 89
... record the amount of the check - Print " Enter the Amount " and Input A - have no dollar sign , though it is an amount in dollars that is being asked for . Such are the peculiarities of communicating with a machine . The computer now ...
... record the amount of the check - Print " Enter the Amount " and Input A - have no dollar sign , though it is an amount in dollars that is being asked for . Such are the peculiarities of communicating with a machine . The computer now ...
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... record the news in their homes : " a phonograph was to be fixed to the telephone receiver ' in such a way that the first sound over the wire would start the phonograph , which would then record the news , and make it available for the ...
... record the news in their homes : " a phonograph was to be fixed to the telephone receiver ' in such a way that the first sound over the wire would start the phonograph , which would then record the news , and make it available for the ...
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