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mathematical proof
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mathematical reasoning
266

mathematical table
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11
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17
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Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation
(MTAC)
129

mathematical thinking
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44
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193

Mathematics Centrum, Amsterdam
265

mathematics tripos
48
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120
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142

matrices
218
,
229

Mauchly, J.W.
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Maudslay, H.
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Mayr, E.
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McCarthy, J.
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McCracken, D.
280
n

McCulloch, W.
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164
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174
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McCulloch-Pitts neuron
159
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164

McDermott, D.
176
n

McGraw-Hill Computer Science Series
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McKeeman, W.M.
262
n

McNulty, K. (Mauchly)
283

McShea, D.W.
224
n

Mealy machine
244

Mealy, G.H.
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261
n
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n
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264
n
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measurement
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mechanical computer
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73
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75
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92
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134
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158

mechanical technology
22
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75
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86
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101

mechanical world
28
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34
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38

Medawar, J.S.
106
n

Medawar, P.B.
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59
n
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106
n

Meerttens, L.G.L.T.
224
n

Meltzer, B.
131
n

memory
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29
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memory address
136
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142

memory hierarchy
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259

memory management
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259

memory protection
260

memory space
248

Menabrea, L.F.
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18
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24
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25
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26
n
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36
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mental process
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159

mercury delay line memory
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187
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merging
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136

meta-language
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229
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272
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273

meta-linguistic connective
209

meta-linguistic formula
209
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211

meta-linguistic variable
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,
214

meta-mathematics
45
,
46
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55

metaphor
19
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29

method of difference
11
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15

method of substitution
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232

methodology
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86
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150
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151
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235
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methodology of science
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Metropolis, N.
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219
n

Michie, D.
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78
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131
n

microinstruction
183

microoperation
188
n

microprogram
183

microprogram correctness
273

microprogram store
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185
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186

microprogrammed control unit
183

microprogamming
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186
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250

Middle Ages
29

military-science complex
74

Mill (Analytical Engine)
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21
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28

Mind
172

Minmax strategy
168

Minsky, M.
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261
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262
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291

misogyny
24

missing link
29
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34

Misunas, D.P.
261

models of grammar
212

modernity
28

modular structure
139

Molière
226

Mollenhoff, C.R.
106
n

monitor
257

Moore machine
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245

Moore School of Electrical Engineering
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Moore, E.F.
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261
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Moral Science Club
48

Moreau, R.
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188
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Morgenstern, O.
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Morris, D.
262
n

Morris, F.L.
276
n

mortality data
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68

Moser, N.B.
220
n

Mountbatten, L.
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Multics computer system
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260
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Multics operating system
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–
260

multiplication
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62
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85
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101
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112

multiplication machine
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101

multiplier
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101
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multiprocessing
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multiprogramming
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259
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260
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multitasking
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Museum of Alexandria
39

Musgrave, A.
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n

mutual exclusion problem
268

myth
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111

Nagel, E.
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n
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59
n

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
63

National Defense Research Council
62

National Museum of Computing
76

National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
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117
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119
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123
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129
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172

National Research Council
129

natural history
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natural history museum
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n

natural language
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natural philosophy
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natural science
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natural scientist
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116

natural selection theory
13
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116

natural world
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158
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163

Nature
(Journal)
38

Nature of Aesthetics and Design
12

Nature of Explanation
158
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168
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233

Naur, P.
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Nautical Almanac Office (U.K.)
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Nelson, R.A.
221
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Nersessian, N.
285
n

nervous system
159

neural computing
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234

neuron
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neurophysiology
159

Newcomen atmospheric engine
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Newcomen, T.
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Newell, A.
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Newman, J.
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Newman, M.
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Newton, I.
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13
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128
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Newton's
Principia
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Newtonian physics
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226

Nisbett, R.E.
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Nobel Foundation
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Nobel Prize
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nonlinear equations
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nonnumeric computation
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nonterminal symbol
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normal science
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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notation as a tool of thought
217

NULL function in LISP
237

number
1
,
45
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69

number cruncher
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87

numeric analysis
71
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279
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281

numeric computation
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85
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90
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96
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136
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166
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236
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Numerische Mathematik
206
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207
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280

Nutt, R.
221
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Nygaard, K.
224
n

object code generation
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248

object code/program
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202
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248
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272

observation
151

Olivetti Company
132
n

one-level store
258

one-pass compiler
202

ontogeny
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102
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105
n
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ontology
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134
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283
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open problems
44

open subroutine
143

operand
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76
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142

operating system
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operation code (opcode)
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operational knowledge
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152
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operational principle
151
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operational semantics
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273

optimization
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202
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221
n
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order
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144
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178
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order code
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136
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Organick, E.I.
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