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Care, Charles (2006) A chronology of analogue computing. University of Warwick. Department of Computer Science. (Computer Science Research Report). (Unpublished)
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Abstract
It has become commonplace to apply the terms analogue and digital to various technologies. During the twentieth century, this classification was applied to computing technology and created two very separate technical cultures. From the perspective of twenty-first century technology, analogue computing is often assumed to be a technology with a continuous representation of state. However, analogue computers were originally so-called because they supported the construction of analogies. This paper reviews the history of analogue computing and presents the history as a three-stranded chronology, separating the ideas of analogue computer as a 'continuous' machine from the perspective of the analogue computer as an 'analogy' or 'modelling' machine. Around 1940, these two conceptual identities became entwined, creating the analogue/digital discourse familiar today.
Item Type: | Report | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Computer Science | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Analog computers, Analog computers -- History, Electronic analog computers | ||||
Series Name: | Computer Science Research Report | ||||
Publisher: | University of Warwick. Department of Computer Science | ||||
Official Date: | 2006 | ||||
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Number: | Number 429 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 33 | ||||
DOI: | CS-RR-429 | ||||
Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Department of Computer Science | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 July 2016 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 July 2016 | ||||
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