Quote: a computer needs a considerable, universal memory for partial results, programs, tables, numeric data, and data to be sorted

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Third: Any device which is to carry out … (a) … a series of intermediate (partial) results must be … (b) The instructions which govern a complicated problem … (c) … [Specific functions] are usually given in the form of … (d) For partial differential equations the initial conditions … [other numeric data] … [p. 20] (h) Sorting problems and certain statistical experiments … material which is being treated. … (sec. 2.5) While it appears that various parts … their purpose, it is nevertheless tempting to treat … various functions enumerated above. … At any rate the total memory constitutes the …   Google-1   Google-2

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