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state machine
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machine model
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self reference
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boolean values, binary numbers, and bit strings
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thought is computational
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history of computers
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networks of relays
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natural language
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goals for a programming system
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vivid representation of programs
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pidgin and creole languages
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what is a computer
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reality is a machine
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intelligent machines
Reference
Zuse, K., Der Computer -- Mein Lebenswerk, Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 1984. Google
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translated 1993, McKenna, P., Ross, J.A. Springer-Verlag
6/20/37 ;;Quote: design a mechanical brain with binary digits, conditional chains, storage unit, and stored plans
6/20/37+;;Quote: a stored plan for a mechanical brain can result from the preceding operations and thus be built from itself
6/20/37+;;Quote: conditional chains are equivalent to propositional logic; compare binary numbers
57 ;;Quote: can solve virtually all statements with yes/no values
57+;;Quote: can general computation capture thought processes? Zuse studied chess to test this idea
62 ;;Quote: the Z3 used electromagnetic relays, binary numbers, floating point, punched tape, and a lamp strip for output; one multiply in three seconds
83 ;;Quote: Zuse envisaged a universal language for conversing with computers; Esperanto was too colloquial and Carnap's ideas were too mathematical; need something in between
85 ;;Quote: computing is forming new data from given data according to a rule
87 ;;Quote: a program can be modified by computation; as long as this wire is not connected, the computer is easy to access and control
104 ;;Quote: the universe is a gigantic computing machine; the propagation of light is like an impulse propagating through a chain of relays
105 ;;Quote: designing the germ cell (self-modifying program) of a computer would learn and solve all problems; the philosophers' stone
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Topic: thought is computational (60 items)
Topic: history of computers (66 items)
Topic: networks of relays (27 items)
Group: natural language (16 topics, 539 quotes)
Group: goals for a programming system (21 topics, 983 quotes)
Topic: vivid representation of programs (22 items)
Topic: pidgin and creole languages (31 items)
Topic: what is a computer (62 items)
Topic: reality is a machine (48 items)
Topic: intelligent machines (28 items)