Milestones in Computer Science and Information TechnologyBloomsbury Academic, 2003. aug. 30. - 392 oldal Using the same approach as the popular Milestones in Science and Technology and Milestones in Health and Medicine, this unique reference features more than 600 concise entries describing the most significant advances in the field of computer science and information technology. Arranged in a convenient A-to-Z format, entries explain topics in a wide variety of categories, including hardware, software, theory, mathematics, programming, languages, memory, architecture, applications, and graphics. |
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... bit binary floating - point arithmetic using 32 bits for the mantissa , 1 bit for sign , and 6 bits for the signed exponent . A double - precision format was also supported . Instructions were 39 bits Binary - Coded Decimal ( BCD ) long , 6 ...
... bit binary number ( 12 consecutive 1 bits ) is equivalent to 4,095 . Early decimal computers such as the ENIAC actually used some form of binary - coded decimal rep- resentation in their underlying circuitry , but the representation was ...
... bits , but perhaps 36 or 48 , as was the case on the scientific members of the IBM 700 Series and on the Philco Transac S - 200 , respectively , or even 60 bits , as it was on the CDC 6600. But since microprocessor development could ...
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Listing of Cited References | 283 |
Classification of Articles | 297 |
Chronological Index | 343 |
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