World War II gave us not only the digital electronic computer, but also, thanks to radar and microwave technology, modern telecommunications.
Richardson was ultimately vindicated with the advent of the electronic computer, which speeded up calculations and made numerical modelling of the atmosphere possible.
Like the first-ever sales brochure for an electronic digital computer, put out in 1947.
Allowing for inflation, this is roughly a third of what it might have cost to build in Babbage's day—in contrast to the cost of electronic-computer technology, which halves in price every 18 months.
Transmeta's low-power chips are billed as a natural fit for wireless Internet appliances-- Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people), for instance, is reportedly working with Transmeta to develop a new electronic tablet computer.
Then the big boys with global licences arrive: Lego to make construction kits (build your own Hogwarts castle), Mattel to make Harry Potter toys, and Electronic Arts computer games—including, finally, a chance to play the obscure game of Quidditch (a bit like an aerial version of polo, but with the contestants flying on broomsticks).
It has sued dozens of companies, claiming to have patented the very idea of selling computer software and other electronic goods over a computer network.
Mabuchi Motor has half the world market for tiny electric motors used in electronic gadgets and computer drives.
Robert Metcalfe, who three decades ago invented Ethernet, the first great electronic protocol for computer networks, foresees a "gigalapse"--a blackout spanning one billion person-hours.
But tiny electronic gadgets like Apple Computer 's iPod Nano have paved the way to a smaller, sleeker aesthetic.
By comparison, it takes roughly 1 million atoms to store a bit of data on a modern computer or electronic device.
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Manufacturing industries reporting contraction in July included manufacturers of wood and paper products, computer and electronic products, textile mills, chemical products, transportation equipment and machinery.
Morean who built Jabil Circuit into one of the primary providers of electronic circuitry to the computer industry titans like Cisco, Hewlett-Packard and other.
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But tiny electronic gadgets like Apple Computer 's (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) iPod Nano have paved the way to a smaller, sleeker aesthetic.
Apple never fared well by partnering with computer and consumer electronic superstores.
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Related and supporting capabilities include computer network operations, electronic warfare, deception, operations security (OPSEC), intelligence, perception management, psychological operations (PSYOPs), and public affairs.
Electronic trading and the proliferation of computer-based trade execution programs has given birth to these companies and so-called dark pools, which help brokers or asset management firms move huge blocks of shares at once without tipping off the markets.
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