Greek arithmetic, geometry and harmonics: Thales to Plato — Ian Mueller INTRODUCTION: PROCLUS’ HISTORY OF GEOMETRY In a famous passage in Book VII of the Republic starting at Socrates proposes to inquire about the studies (mathēmata) needed to train the young people who will become leaders of the ideal… … History of philosophy
Presburger arithmetic — is the first order theory of the natural numbers with addition, named in honor of Mojżesz Presburger, who published it in 1929. It is not as powerful as Peano arithmetic because it omits multiplication.OverviewThe language of Presburger… … Wikipedia
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Honeywell 316 — Release date 1969 Memory 4 kB to 32 kB magnetic core The Honeywell 316 was a popular 16 bit minicomputer built by Honeywell starting in 1969. It is part of the Series 16 which includes the Models 116, 316 … Wikipedia
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Ferranti Argus — Ferranti s Argus computers were a line of industrial control computers offered from the 1960s into the 1970s. They were widely used in a variety of roles in Europe, particularly in England where they continued to serve as control systems for… … Wikipedia
Mary Lee Woods — Born 12 March 1924 (1924 03 12) (age 87) Birmingham, England Nationality British Alma mater University of Birmingham … Wikipedia
Compare-and-swap — In computer science, the compare and swap (CAS) CPU instruction is a special instruction that atomically compares the contents of a memory location to a given value and, only if they are the same, modifies the contents of that memory location to… … Wikipedia
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Ferranti Pegasus — A typical Pegasus computer installation, on view at the Science Museum, London … Wikipedia
education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… … Universalium