The first general-purpose computer, the nearly 30-ton ENIAC (1947), contains 18,000 vacuum tubes, 70,000 resistors and 10,000 capacitors.

世界上第一台电脑——近30吨埃涅阿克（1947年），使用了18000个电子管，另加1500个继电器以及其它器件，其总体积约90立方米，重达30吨，占地170平方米，需要用一间30多米长的大房间才能存放，是个地地道道的庞然大物。

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The ability to store and execute instructions, the stored program concept, is the most important property of a general-purpose computer.

存储并执行指令的能力（存储程序的概念）是通用计算机最重要的特性。

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A generalized structure of steam systems and the auto-modelling technique are proposed, complying with the requirements of compiling a general-purpose computer program.

叙述了按照编制通用软件要求构成的通用蒸汽系统和自动建模的方法。

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Therefore, any patent that claims a method of solving a problem by programming a general-purpose computer is, like the patent the high court struck down 40 years ago, effectively a patent on a mathematical algorithm.

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On top of that, the description of the Apple TV as the "next-generation Mac Mini" strikes us as a little odd, since the Mini was never sold as a media extender (even though you can use it that way) and the Apple TV was never sold as a general-purpose computer (even though you can use it that way).

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The computer Brownell came up with was built using general-purpose Intel chips and Windows and Linux operating systems.

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