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jan 1, 1947 - Magnetic Core Memory

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Patent filed by Frederick W. Viehe
Whirlwind
MIT
Random Access
"What made the digital computer practical"
using radar tracking to look for Soviet aircraft was the reason for the computer
Dr. Widrow (MIT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e2SL56FSAw
No moving parts so you didn't have a delay in searching it.

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History of Computing

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jan 1, 1947
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~ 78 years ago
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