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... digit is about 100,000 digits per second for all the devices listed except the discs , tape strips , and magnetic cards , for which it ranges from about 1,000 down . THE PROBLEM OF PRIMARY STORAGE Ordinarily , a data - processing system ...
... digit is about 100,000 digits per second for all the devices listed except the discs , tape strips , and magnetic cards , for which it ranges from about 1,000 down . THE PROBLEM OF PRIMARY STORAGE Ordinarily , a data - processing system ...
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... digits per second , not inches per second , and consequently a tape can be speeded up either by moving it faster or by recording more digits per inch . By far the fastest tape units now in use are those associated with IBM's NORC ...
... digits per second , not inches per second , and consequently a tape can be speeded up either by moving it faster or by recording more digits per inch . By far the fastest tape units now in use are those associated with IBM's NORC ...
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... digits in such a fashion that , if a digit changes , the malfunction can be detected . Coded Decimal Digit — one of 10 arbitrarily selected patterns of ones and zeros used to represent the decimal digits . Double - Precision Quantity ...
... digits in such a fashion that , if a digit changes , the malfunction can be detected . Coded Decimal Digit — one of 10 arbitrarily selected patterns of ones and zeros used to represent the decimal digits . Double - Precision Quantity ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION By Don G Mitchell | 17 |
B Changing Concepts of Organization and Responsibility | 39 |
A A Practical Program of Study By Joseph Pelej | 55 |
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