Word: sectionalized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...computing section of the machine, which carries out electronically the commands issued to it by the sequencing drum, can multiply two 16-dight numbers in a fraction over twelve thousands of a second. It can add these figures in one third of that time. Constants which are stored in the "memory system" also enable the arithmetic unit to compute automatically such functions as sine, cosine, and logarithms...
...typical command, of which the drum will hold 4000 in sequence, might read: "select the Number in A-1 and add to it the Number in B-2 and put the sum in C-3." Such a command can be given and the work accomplished by the computing section of the machine every four thousandth of a second...
Computations of the machine are checked at several points for possible errors. During the mathematical operations in the arithmetic section of Mark III, answers are double-checked at every stage in the problem before going on to the next stage. To insure that the final typed results are correct, all numbers are recorded twice on the magnetic tape by two parallel and independent systems. Unless both numbers on the tape are identical, the striking action of the type bars sets off an alarm and stops the typewriters...
...still rugged. Davison's group (This Is Jazz: 1, 3 10-inch records) is young, and it likes to fiddle around with tunes. A fine rhythm section-Baby Dodds, drums; Pops Foster, bass; Ralph Sutton, piano; and Danny Parker, guitar-make the base for all of these pieces. This segment stands out in "Eccentric" behind Davison's trumpet. Jimmy Archey, the small trombonist who made such a big noise in Boston last winter, handles the leads on "Hotter Than That" and "Big Butter And Egg Man," teaming on the latter with Sutton to manufacture a beautiful duct...
...Cheering Section...