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organism
61

originality
13

output
103
,
123
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125
,
179
,
244

output device
85
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97
,
126

Padegs, A.
263
n

paging
258
–
259
,
260

paper tape
36
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38
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42
n
,
62
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63
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70
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73
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74
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75
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78
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85
,
125
,
145

paradigm
83
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84
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88
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91
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111
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112
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114
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116
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117
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119
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126
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127
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128
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129
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146
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162
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165
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190
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202
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241
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242
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250
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278
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279
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283
,
285

paradigm shift
260

parallel arithmetic unit
75
,
179
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180
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184
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187
n

parallel processing
35
,
75
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85
,
180
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183
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184
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217

parameter
143
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153

Pardo, L.T.
192
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193
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195
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219
n
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219
n
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221
n

Paris Exposition 1889
37

parity detector
52
,
54

Parminedes
139

parsing
214
,
247
–
249

partial correctness of a program
271

Pascal programming language
216

Pascal, B.
9

Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
10

pattern recognition
54

Peacock, G.
10

Peano, G.
45

Peano's axioms
45
,
278

Peck, J.E.L.
223
n

Peirce, C.S.
65

Pender, H.
121

periodicals of computer science
279
–
280

Perlis, A.J.
150
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155
n
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205
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206
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222
n
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284
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285
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285
n
,
291

Petroski, H.
106
n

Pevsner, N.
156
n

Philo of Byzantium
39

philosophical aspects of computer science
252

Philosophical Magazine
166
,
226

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
128
,
252

philosophy of computer science
283
–
285

phylogeny
17
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26
n
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34
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73
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76
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87
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99
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100
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101
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102
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260

physical design
112

physical machine
202
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250
,
269

Piaget, J.
114
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131
n
,
155
n

piezoelectric effect
118

Pigou, A.C.
49

Pilot ACE
119

Pinch, T.J.
264
n

pipeline processing
35

Pitts, W.
159
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164
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174
n
,
291

PL/I programming language
215
,
260
,
273
,
281

PL/360 programming language
215

Plankalkül
191
–
193

planning
109

Planning and Coding Problems for an Electronic Computing Instrument
135
,
137
,
139

Planning the Use of a Paper Library
142

Plato
277

plugboard
34
,
85
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101
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102
,
109

Pluggable Sequence Relay Calculator
73

pointer
236

Polanyi, M.
151
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155
n

Polya, G.
225
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226
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238
n
,
291

polynomial
12
,
47
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61
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62
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229
,
279

Popperian schema
208
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216

Popper, K.R.
172
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177
n
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207
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223
n
,
269
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270
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276
n
,
291

Post production
211

Post, E.
210
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211
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223
n
,
291

postcondition
274

postmodern
283

precondition
274

predicate calculus (logic)
272

Preliminary Discussion of the Logical Design of an Electronic Computing Instrument
127
,
137
,
139

Prentice-Hall Series on Automatic Computation
280

preparadigmatic state
84
,
86
,
278

Preparation of Problems for EDVAC-Type Machines
140

Preparation of Programmes for an Electronic Digital Computer
146
,
280

prescription
151

prescriptive paradigm
116

present-centeredness
7
,
28
,
104

Principia Mathematica
45
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46
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229
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230
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232

printer
34
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35
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63
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100
,
256

problem preparation
129
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136
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137
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138
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142

problem solving
226
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227
,
234

procedural knowledge
242

procedural language
236

procedure
152
,
193
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209
,
272

Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
183

processing unit
18
,
70
,
97

production rule
212
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214

program
34
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70
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78
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82
n
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85
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99
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103
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109
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112
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120
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134
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139
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183

program as theorem
270
–
271

program behavior
259

program bug
270

program debugging
267

program development
140
,
153
,
178
,
267
–
269
,
272

program efficiency
200
,
202
,
203

program loader
145

program optimization
202

program tape
76

program text
138

program translation
145

program verification
267

programmable computer
58
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63
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71
,
183
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190
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192

programmable machine
34
,
54
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58
,
90

programmability
85

programmer
135
,
137

programming
101
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103
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109
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135
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136
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137
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138
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139
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140
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146
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149
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169
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178
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186
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190
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195
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216

programming aesthetics
266
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267

programming as a human activity
265
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266

programming complexity
138

programming environment
260

programming language
76
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136
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137
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139
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140
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141
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190
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229
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246
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249
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252
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252
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255
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260
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272
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281

programming language description
204
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272
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275

programming methodology
139
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150
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152
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153
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252
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270
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281

programming notation
136
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137
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139
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151

programming tool
200

programming style
198
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208
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216
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242
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252

programming system
145
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150
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194
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201
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203
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247

proof
44
,
45
,
46
,
229
,
267
,
269
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271

Proposal for Development in the Mathematics Division
of an Automatic Computing Engine
(ACE)
118

propositional calculus (logic)
65
,
66
,
67

proving program correctness
266
,
268
,
269
–
271
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273
–
275

Psychological Review
233

psychology
228

Public Administration
226

publication language (Algol)
206

punch
75
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97
,
256

punched card system
20
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21
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23
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28
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29
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31
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32
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33
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34
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35
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68
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69
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70
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87
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94
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99
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186
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256

Purdue University
241

purposive behavior
227

purposiveness
3
,
8
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60
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100
,
227

Pye, D.
12
,
16
n

Pyenson, L.
27
n
,
285
n

Quarterly Journal of Economics
226
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228

Queen's College, Cork
64

Queen's University, Kingston
217

radar
110
,
117
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121
,
122

radio
73
,
100
,
120

radio physics
120

Radnitzky, G.
79
n

Rajchman, J.A.
127
,
291

RAND Corporation
226
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228
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236

Randell, B.
26
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35
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42
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264
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275
n

random logic
180
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188
n

Rathmere College of Commerce, Dublin
35

rational decision making
72

rationality
227
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228
,
266

Ray, S.
115

RCA Laboratory
127

read-only memory
186

read-write memory
97

reader
75
,
78
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97
,
125

real number
50
,
192

real time
257

reasoning
41

record (data structure)
192

recursive function theory
56

reference language (Algol)
206

Regencentralen, Copenhagen
206

register
62
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63
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70
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73
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86
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98
,
243

register allocation problem
202

regularity
179
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181

relay circuit
61
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62
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63
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64
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66
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76
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86
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161
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243

relay computer
61
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62
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129

reliability
90
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179
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181

relocatability of programs
136
,
142

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