| 单词 | calculating machine |
| 释义 | > as lemmascalculating machine calculating machine n. any machine designed to carry out calculations, esp. for the mechanical performance of arithmetical operations. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > computer > [noun] > mechanical calculating machine1832 mill1837 difference engine1843 society > computing and information technology > hardware > computer > [noun] > calculator calculating machine1832 Comptometer1894 subtractor1914 calculator1946 programmable1964 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic xi. 292 The calculating-machine now constructing under the superintendence of the inventor [sc. Babbage]. 1855 Proc. Royal Soc. 7 499 Report of a Committee appointed by the Council to examine the Calculating Machine of M. Scheutz. 1890 A. Conan Doyle Sign of Four ii You really are an automaton—a calculating machine. 1901 Nature 11 July 268/2 The advantages of the calculating machines..are so great, and they are in so many ways preferable to logarithms where they can be used. 1955 A. Koestler Trail of Dinosaur 184 The calculating machines called electronic brains. < as lemmas |
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