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Computer Equipment

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Component Reliability

Part of the book series: Macmillan Engineering Evaluations ((MECS))

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Abstract

The modern digital computer is a very complex agglomeration of equipment but the basic fundamentals can be represented by the diagram shown in Fig. 1. The processor is the nerve centre which controls the whole system and is concerned with performing logic and arithmetic operations on data.

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  1. International Computers Limited, Australia

    L Knight MIEE

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William F Waller AMITPP AssIRefEng

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Knight, L. (1971). Computer Equipment. In: Waller, W.F. (eds) Component Reliability. Macmillan Engineering Evaluations. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01185-8_17

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