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800: 305:(NB. This is an edited version of a talk given to North West Group of the Society at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, UK on 1996-10-01. It mentions the term "slob" and "slob-octal" as equivalent to "syllabic octal".) 467:
Hardware: Datenstruktur: NCR 315-100 / NCR 315-RMC; Wortlänge: Silbe; Bits: 12; Bytes: –; Dezimalziffern: 3; Zeichen: 2; Gleitkommadarstellung: fest verdrahtet; Mantisse: 4 Silben; Exponent: 1 Silbe (11 Stellen + 1
28:(and sometimes internal groupings) are associated with it. Commonly used in the 1960s and 1970s, the term has mostly fallen into disuse in favour of terms like 410: 100: 43: 482: = syllable, smallest addressable information unit for 12 bits for the transfer of two alphabetical characters or three numerical characters. 463: = Silbe, die kleinste adressierbare Informationseinheit für 12 bit zur Übertragung von zwei Alphazeichen oder drei numerischen Zeichen. 288: 671: 368: 104: 584: 444: 426: 326: 195: 837: 544: 77: 303: 229: 108: 406: 632: 436: 47: 606: 664: 856: 866: 322: 276: 735: 603:"Virtual AGC — AGS — LVDC — Gemini: Launch Vehicle Digital Computer (LVDC): Saturn IB and Saturn V Rockets" 162: 33: 657: 871: 830: 270: 262: 95: 73: 478: 191: 811: 511: 357:
English Electric KDF9: Very high speed data processing system for Commerce, Industry, Science
57: 680: 131: 21: 8: 823: 861: 243: 151: 126: 704: 440: 432: 422: 405:] (in German) (softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed.). Wiesbaden, Germany: 280: 355: 247: 569: 414: 364: 233: 83: 315: 540: 396: 183: 53: 533: 807: 61: 418: 850: 507: 284: 628: 602: 515: 495: 491: 487: 472: 91: 69: 238: 217: 649: 65: 25: 782: 777: 772: 519: 156: 146: 756: 751: 87: 799: 720: 699: 141: 136: 725: 503: 121: 29: 629:"Gemini Spacecraft Computer (OBC): Layout of Memory Words" 694: 499: 367:. c. 1961. Publication No. DP/103. 096320WP/RP0961. 316:"Architecture of the English Electric KDF9 computer" 411:
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273:- The Bulletin of the Computer Conservation Society 620: 848: 390: 388: 594: 209: 175: 831: 665: 385: 24:. Depending on the target hardware, various 526: 838: 824: 672: 658: 561: 394: 254: 237: 679: 522:: 1 syllable (11 digits + 1 prefix)] 188:Computer Architecture On-Line Collection 534:"315 Electronic Data Processing System" 308: 849: 626: 600: 567: 348: 222:ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News 105:Saturn Launch Vehicle Digital Computer 653: 543:. November 1965. NCR MPN ST-5008-15. 260: 215: 181: 86:syllables: NCR computers such as the 794: 78:Burroughs B6x00-7x00 instruction set 230:Association for Computing Machinery 109:Gemini Spacecraft On-Board Computer 20:is a name for a platform-dependent 13: 407:Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH 194:, Department of Computer Science. 14: 883: 403:Lexicon of information technology 325:(CCS). September 2009. CCS-N4X2. 263:"The KDF9 Computer — 30 Years On" 798: 590:from the original on 2016-05-24. 635:from the original on 2016-05-28 609:from the original on 2016-05-28 550:from the original on 2016-05-24 374:from the original on 2020-07-27 342: 332:from the original on 2020-04-04 294:from the original on 2020-07-27 216:Jones, Douglas W. (June 1988). 198:from the original on 2016-05-28 627:Burkey, Ronald (2010-09-06) . 1: 601:Burkey, Ronald (2009-08-21). 323:Computer Conservation Society 277:Computer Conservation Society 168: 46:syllables: some experimental 810:. You can help Knowledge by 806:This computing article is a 341:(NB. Refers to Beard's 1997 163:Word (computer architecture) 7: 261:Beard, Bob (Autumn 1997) . 182:Jones, Douglas W. (2016) . 115: 22:unit of information storage 10: 888: 793: 688:Platform-independent units 486:Hardware: Data structure: 398:Datenverarbeitungs-Lexikon 765: 744: 713: 687: 577:Computer Usage Communique 419:10.1007/978-3-663-13618-7 395:Schneider, Carl (2013) . 714:Platform-dependent units 568:Bardin, Hillel (1963). 279:(CCS). pp. 7–15 . 96:Burroughs large systems 74:Burroughs large systems 192:The University of Iowa 857:Computing terminology 512:Floating point format 454:. pp. 201, 308: 413:. pp. 201, 308. 94:in this context) and 72:in this context) and 58:English Electric KDF9 867:Units of information 681:Units of information 510:: 3; Characters: 2; 228:(3). New York, USA: 132:Instruction syllable 239:10.1145/48675.48684 190:. Iowa City, USA: 152:Parcel (computing) 127:Catena (computing) 819: 818: 791: 790: 766:Metric byte units 570:"NCR 315 Seminar" 445:978-3-663-13618-7 428:978-3-409-31831-0 363:(Product flyer). 879: 840: 833: 826: 802: 795: 745:Metric bit units 674: 667: 660: 651: 650: 644: 643: 641: 640: 624: 618: 617: 615: 614: 598: 592: 591: 589: 574: 565: 559: 558: 556: 555: 549: 538: 530: 524: 523: 453: 452: 392: 383: 382: 380: 379: 373: 365:English Electric 362: 352: 346: 340: 338: 337: 331: 320: 312: 306: 302: 300: 299: 293: 267: 258: 252: 251: 241: 218:"A Minimal CISC" 213: 207: 206: 204: 203: 184:"A Minimal CISC" 179: 159:(in linguistics) 64:and also called 60:(represented as 16:In computing, a 887: 886: 882: 881: 880: 878: 877: 876: 872:Computing stubs 847: 846: 845: 844: 792: 787: 761: 740: 709: 683: 678: 648: 647: 638: 636: 625: 621: 612: 610: 599: 595: 587: 572: 566: 562: 553: 551: 547: 536: 532: 531: 527: 518:: 4 syllables; 450: 448: 429: 393: 386: 377: 375: 371: 360: 354: 353: 349: 335: 333: 329: 318: 314: 313: 309: 297: 295: 291: 275:. No. 18. 265: 259: 255: 214: 210: 201: 199: 180: 176: 171: 118: 62:syllabic octals 12: 11: 5: 885: 875: 874: 869: 864: 859: 843: 842: 835: 828: 820: 817: 816: 803: 789: 788: 786: 785: 780: 775: 769: 767: 763: 762: 760: 759: 754: 748: 746: 742: 741: 739: 738: 733: 728: 723: 717: 715: 711: 710: 708: 707: 702: 697: 691: 689: 685: 684: 677: 676: 669: 662: 654: 646: 645: 619: 593: 560: 525: 514:: hard-wired; 508:Decimal digits 427: 384: 347: 307: 253: 232:(ACM): 56–63. 208: 173: 172: 170: 167: 166: 165: 160: 154: 149: 144: 139: 134: 129: 124: 117: 114: 113: 112: 98: 81: 51: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 884: 873: 870: 868: 865: 863: 860: 858: 855: 854: 852: 841: 836: 834: 829: 827: 822: 821: 815: 813: 809: 804: 801: 797: 796: 784: 781: 779: 776: 774: 771: 770: 768: 764: 758: 755: 753: 750: 749: 747: 743: 737: 734: 732: 729: 727: 724: 722: 719: 718: 716: 712: 706: 703: 701: 698: 696: 693: 692: 690: 686: 682: 675: 670: 668: 663: 661: 656: 655: 652: 634: 630: 623: 608: 604: 597: 586: 582: 578: 571: 564: 546: 542: 535: 529: 521: 517: 513: 509: 505: 501: 497: 493: 489: 485: 481: 480: 475: 474: 469: 466: 462: 458: 446: 442: 438: 437:3-663-13618-3 434: 430: 424: 420: 416: 412: 408: 404: 400: 399: 391: 389: 370: 366: 359: 358: 351: 344: 328: 324: 321:. 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Index

unit of information storage
bit widths
byte
word
3-bit
CISC
8-bit
English Electric KDF9
syllabic octals
slob-octals
slobs
Burroughs large systems
Burroughs B6x00-7x00 instruction set
12-bit
NCR 315
slabs
Burroughs large systems
13-bit
Saturn Launch Vehicle Digital Computer
Gemini Spacecraft On-Board Computer
Byte
Catena (computing)
Instruction syllable
Nibble
Opcode
Opstring
Parcel (computing)
Syllable
Word (computer architecture)
"A Minimal CISC"

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