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Implications of Historical Trends in the Electrical Efficiency of Computing by Koomey, Jonathan, Berard, Stephen, Sanchez, Marla, Wong, Henry

“…The electrical efficiency of computation has doubled roughly every year and a half for more than six decades, a pace of change comparable to that for computer…”
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Computer-Aided Design in the United States, 1949-1984: Designing in a Closed World by Cardoso Llach, Daniel

“…Drawing together materials from four interconnected contexts or sites-radar defense, numerical control, technology transfer programs, and the gradual formation…”
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Industry-Developed CAD/CAM Software by Kasik, David J.

“…Between the late 1950s and mid-1980s, some major automoDve and aerospace companies developed their own computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM)…”
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A History of Cad in the UK: The Cambridge Phenomenon by Evans, Michael A.

“…This article tells the history of CAD research and commercial activities in Cambridge, United Kingdom, from the early 1960s to the late 1980s. As well as a…”
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Developing and Using CAD/CAM/CAE Systems in Boeing by Kasik, David J.

“…Application programs to improve the quality and performance of its aerospace products are a critical part of Boeing's computing environment. This article…”
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SDRC: Company History and Impact on the CAD/MCAE Industry in the 20th Century by Eustace, Kevin, Klosterman, Al

“…Structural Dynamics Research Corporation (SDRC) was a mechanical computer-aided engineering (MCAE) company with a focus on technical innovation and training…”
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Mechanical Numeracy: Thinking with the Soroban Abacus in Modern Japan by Chen, Mark Yu-Shan

“…The soroban is a traditional arithmetic tool whose life in modern Japan reflected an inherently material dimension of computational numeracy. Using a system of…”
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CAD at Fluor, T&W/Versacad, Computervision, and Archway by Lazear, Tom

“…Covering Tom Lazear's 60 years in the computer-aided design (CAD) and software marketing industry, this first hand account details his time with Fluor…”
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The History of Unigraphics, 1974 - 2001 by Sicking, Paul O., Allen, George A., Valenzuela, Wilfredo R.

“…Unigraphics was a first-generation commercial computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system, initially released by United Computing Corporation in…”
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Dassault Systèmes: A CAD Success Story by Bernard, Francis

“…This article describes, from the author's viewpoint, the history of CAD/CAM software technologies starting in the French aviation industry, which became a…”
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A compelling image: The tower of Babel and the proliferation of programming languages during the 1960s by Nofre, David

“…Particularly during the 1960s, the illustration of a tower of Babel of programming languages became a prominent way of portraying what Nathan Ensmenger has…”
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Lady Lovelace's Objection: The Turing-Hartree Disputes over the Meaning of Digital Computers, 1946-1951 by Goncalves, Bernardo

“…Can machines think? Or can they do "whatever we know how to order" them to perform? Should machines be liberated from slavery and given "fair play" to "compete…”
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Netnews: The Origin Story by Bellovin, Steven M.

“…Netnews, sometimes called Usenet, was arguably the first social network. Quarterman describes it as "one of the oldest cooperative networks". It had a profound…”
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From the Editor's Desk by Astarte, Troy

“…I had anticipated opening my first full edition of “From the Editor’s Desk” with a personal message—an introduction to me for you, the reader. However, in…”
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Turing's Test, a Beautiful Thought Experiment by Goncalves, Bernardo

“…In the wake of the latest trends of AI, there has been a resurgence of claims and questions about the Turing test and its value, which are reminiscent of…”
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How Percy Ludgate's 1909 Paper (and IBM) Helped Thwart Konrad Zuse's Computer Patent in 1960 by Coghlan, Brian, Randell, Brian, Buelow, Ralf

“…This investigation discusses how Percy Ludgate’s paper from 1909, which details his design for a mechanical computer called the “Analytical Machine,” was…”
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The British Rail Total Operations Processing System and the Birth of Telematics by Urquhart, Neil

“…Contemporary mobility is almost universally supported by telecommunications networks and computing facilities known collectively as telematics. This has…”
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Stepping Into the Future-The Invention and Evolution of the Stepping Switch by Robbins, Thomas K., Magoun, Alexander B.

“…The stepping switch, also known as a uniselector or rotary switch (Figure 1), was a transformative 19th-century technology that provided a step into the…”
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From the Editor’s Desk by Astarte, Troy

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Working in the Scientific State: John Womersley's Early Career by Priestley, Mark, Stevens, Hallam

“…John Ronald Womersley, first superintendent of the Mathematics Division created at the United Kingdom’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in 1945, is best…”
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