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Examples of computer connector sockets on various laptops Ports on the back of the Apple Mac Mini (2005). A computer port is a hardware piece on a computer where an electrical connector can be plugged to link the device to external devices, such as another computer, a peripheral device or network equipment. [1]
Rigetti Computing was founded in 2013 by Chad Rigetti, a physicist with a background in quantum computers from IBM, and studied under Michel Devoret. [2] [3] The company emerged from startup incubator Y Combinator in 2014 as a so-called "spaceshot" company.
Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. [1] [2] [3] Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to applied disciplines (including the design and implementation of hardware and software).
The Compaq Portable was announced in November 1982 and first shipped in March 1983, [11] priced at US$2,995 (equivalent to $9,200 in 2023) with a single half-height 5 + 1 ⁄ 4" 360 KB diskette drive or US$3,590 for dual, full-height diskette drives.
Hamman Manus R mechanical computer, produced in Germany by the DeTeWe company between 1953 and 1959. A mechanical computer is a computer built from mechanical components such as levers and gears rather than electronic components.
Quanta Computer Building Gate in Hwa Ya Technology Park. Quanta Computer Incorporated (TWSE: 2382) (Chinese: 廣達電腦; pinyin: Guǎngdá Diànnǎo) is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of notebook computers and other electronic hardware.
Industry standard ISA/PCI architecture, [1] first IBM machines with USB.Processors ranged from the 486DX2-50, 486SX-25, 486DX4-100 to the Pentium 200 and in case of the Models 360 and 365 the Pentium Pro. 486 models had a selectable bus architecture (SelectaBus) through a replaceable riser-card, offering the choice of either VESA Local Bus/ISA or PCI/ISA.
Astronauts manually flew Project Gemini with control sticks, but computers flew most of Project Apollo except briefly during lunar landings. [6] Each Moon flight carried two AGCs, one each in the command module and the Apollo Lunar Module, with the exception of Apollo 7 which was an Earth orbit mission and Apollo 8 which did not need a lunar module for its lunar orbit mission.