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digital computer

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a computer that represents information by numerical (binary) digits

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1937–1970: The "digital computer", the birth of "computer science" In 1937, while at Princeton working on his PhD thesis, Turing built a digital (Boolean-logic) multiplier from scratch, making his own electromechanical relays (Hodges p. 138). Source: Internet

A common usage has been to designate one megabyte as main (2 20 B), a measurement that conveniently expresses the binary multiples inherent in digital computer memory architectures. Source: Internet

A digital computer calculated the tracks, and sent the resulting data to other ships in a task force using pulse-code modulation radio signals. Source: Internet

A few of these people pre-date the invention of the digital computer; they are now regarded as computer scientists because their work can be seen as leading to the invention of the computer. Source: Internet

Another precursor was the early development of the theory of computation and the digital computer in the 1940s and 1950s. Source: Internet

Distinctions Birthplace of first electronic digital computer Atanasoff–Berry Computer replica on 1st floor of Durham Center, Iowa State University. Source: Internet

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