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  2. Maurice Wilkes - Wikipedia

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    Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes (26 June 1913 – 29 November 2010 [11]) was an English computer scientist who designed and helped build the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC), one of the earliest stored program computers, and who invented microprogramming, a method for using stored-program logic to operate the control unit of a central processing unit's circuits.

  3. Interstate 40 in Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    Work started on this section in early 1966, and was originally expected to be completed by late 1968. [157] The final segment of the planned route of I-40 in Tennessee, 21.5 miles (34.6 km) connecting US 11E/25W/70 east of Knoxville to US 25W/70 in Dandridge, was dedicated by Dunn and partially opened to traffic on December 20, 1974; [ 158 ...

  4. Interstate 840 (Tennessee) - Wikipedia

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    Survey and design work began in 1989, [12] and the alignment for the remainder of the route was announced in January 1990. [3] Planners considered using SR 396 , a short controlled-access connector between US 31 and I-65 in Spring Hill , for part of I-840, but ultimately chose a location about six miles (9.7 km) to the north. [ 13 ]

  5. Category:Maurice Wilkes Award winners - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 15 September 2024, at 21:17 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  6. U.S. Route 79 - Wikipedia

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    The portion from McKenzie to the Tennessee River is four lanes, and plans are in the works to widen the portion in between this section and the Milan section. The section from Brownsville to the Tennessee River is part of the "Austin Peay Memorial Highway" (the other portions being TN 14 from I-240 to TN 54, and the part of TN 54 from TN 14 to ...

  7. Google Maps - Wikipedia

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    Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions, and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bike, air (in beta) and public transportation.

  8. MapQuest - Wikipedia

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    MapQuest (stylized as mapquest) is an American free online web mapping service. It was launched in 1996 as the first commercial web mapping service. [ 1 ] MapQuest's competitors include Apple Maps , Here , and Google Maps .

  9. Nashville, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Nashville (also known as Nashville-on-the-Brazos) was a community, now a ghost town, on the southeastern bank of the Brazos River in present-day Milam County, Texas, United States. [1] The town was surveyed in the fall of 1835, with Sterling C. Robertson as its founder. [2] It was named in honor of Nashville, Tennessee, Robertson's