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在40年代末,关心计算机发展的为数不多的科学家对于计算机于人类究竟有何作用和贡献仍持有不同意见。对计算机的需要首先来自军事方面。尽管当时人们并不十分清楚计算机在军事上能起什么作用,但确信计算机时代即将来临,因而应该着手制造计算机。 将计算机转变为可操作的有用设备要归功于一些杰出发明家的不懈努力。其中,最重要的一位发明家即是本文介绍的杰伊·福雷斯特(Jay W.Forrester)。他对早期计算机发展的两项突出贡献是:领导旋风数字计算机的研制;发明利用重合电流(coincident—current)和可随机存取的磁心存储器而使计算机的信息存储能力大幅度提高。谈到早期
In the late 1940s, a handful of scientists concerned with the development of computers still held different opinions about the role and contribution of computers in the human world. The need for computers comes first of all from the military. Although people did not know very well what role computers could play in the military at the time, they were convinced that the computer age was coming and that computers should be started. Turning computers into actionable and useful devices owes much to the tireless efforts of some great inventors. Among them, the most important inventor is Jay W. Forrester of this article. His two outstanding contributions to early computer development were to lead the development of the Cyclone Digital Computer, and to invent the computer’s ability to store information dramatically using coincident-current and randomly accessible core memories. Talking about early