Those included stored memory (the ability to hold both a stored program and data), conditional control transfer, which allowed the computer to stop and be resumed, and the central processing unit, which allowed all computer functions to be coordinated through one source.

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Because the program is still in the early stages, much remains to be worked out, such as which computer control systems will be monitored and how the data will be collected.

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This time the charge was that the computer giant had hamstrung a much smaller competitor, Minneapolis-based Control Data Corp.

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