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Who did the early foundational work on analog computation in the 19th century?
Who did the early foundational work on analog computation in the 19th century?
- No one
- Lord Kelvin
- James Thomson and Lord Kelvin
- James Thomson (correct)
What is the definition of a computer?
What is the definition of a computer?
- A tide-predicting machine.
- A programmable computing device that can process, store, and retrieve data. (correct)
- Someone who manually carried out calculations.
- A device that integrates a product of two functions.
What did Kelvin detail?
What did Kelvin detail?
- A tide-predicting analog computer used at the Port of Liverpool until the 1960s.
- A general-purpose analog machine for integrating linear differential equations of any sequence. (correct)
- A device that integrates a product of two functions.
- An actual machine.
What was the term 'computer' originally referring to?
What was the term 'computer' originally referring to?
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What did James Thomson invent?
What did James Thomson invent?
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