Digital Computer TheoryDiscusses the fundamentals of digital computers, computer circuits and computer units. |
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16 volts accumulator Answer astable basic binary number bistable block diagram Boolean buffer register capacitor characters circuitry clock rate conducting transistor considered Convert core memory counter decimal number digital computer diode disk drum memory Example excess-three flip-flop function Gray code half-select indicated input pulse instruction inverter Karnaugh map kohm ladder network logic gates logic truth table machine language magnetic core magnetic drum magnetic tape monostable msec multiplication multivibrator NAND gate negative logic number system octal ONE's complement operand address output voltage parity parity bit perform positive logic Problem punched card punched tape Q₁ R₁ R₂ recording requires reset resistor saturation Schmitt trigger Shift pulses shift register shown in Figure signal simplified Solution specific speed stage steps storage stored subtraction switch track TRUE output TRUE TRUE TWO's complement volts 0 volts wire word write zero ΚΩ