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811: 316:(NB. This is an edited version of a talk given to North West Group of the Society at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, UK on 1996-10-01. It mentions the term "slob" and "slob-octal" as equivalent to "syllabic octal".) 478:
Hardware: Datenstruktur: NCR 315-100 / NCR 315-RMC; Wortlänge: Silbe; Bits: 12; Bytes: –; Dezimalziffern: 3; Zeichen: 2; Gleitkommadarstellung: fest verdrahtet; Mantisse: 4 Silben; Exponent: 1 Silbe (11 Stellen + 1
421: 39:(and sometimes internal groupings) are associated with it. Commonly used in the 1960s and 1970s, the term has mostly fallen into disuse in favour of terms like 682: 493: = syllable, smallest addressable information unit for 12 bits for the transfer of two alphabetical characters or three numerical characters. 115: 474: = Silbe, die kleinste adressierbare Informationseinheit für 12 bit zur Übertragung von zwei Alphazeichen oder drei numerischen Zeichen. 455: 437: 299: 848: 88: 240: 119: 417: 447: 58: 675: 379: 595: 867: 337: 206: 555: 877: 333: 287: 314: 746: 173: 44: 643: 617: 668: 882: 841: 281: 106: 84: 614:"Virtual AGC — AGS — LVDC — Gemini: Launch Vehicle Digital Computer (LVDC): Saturn IB and Saturn V Rockets" 489: 202: 522: 68: 111: 691: 142: 54: 32: 834: 872: 273: 254: 162: 137: 715: 451: 443: 433: 291: 818: 368:
English Electric KDF9: Very high speed data processing system for Commerce, Industry, Science
425: 375: 244: 94: 551: 64: 72: 861: 518: 416:] (in German) (softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed.). Wiesbaden, Germany: 366: 258: 580: 326: 407: 194: 544: 526: 506: 502: 498: 483: 102: 80: 429: 76: 17: 295: 36: 639: 810: 793: 788: 783: 613: 530: 167: 157: 249: 228: 767: 762: 660: 98: 731: 710: 152: 147: 736: 514: 132: 40: 664: 705: 510: 640:"Gemini Spacecraft Computer (OBC): Layout of Memory Words" 822: 378:. c. 1961. Publication No. DP/103. 096320WP/RP0961. 327:"Architecture of the English Electric KDF9 computer" 776: 755: 724: 698: 422:
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284:- The Bulletin of the Computer Conservation Society 401: 399: 842: 676: 8: 35:. Depending on the target hardware, various 849: 835: 683: 669: 661: 248: 533:: 1 syllable (11 digits + 1 prefix)] 199:Computer Architecture On-Line Collection 545:"315 Electronic Data Processing System" 185: 233:ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News 116:Saturn Launch Vehicle Digital Computer 554:. November 1965. NCR MPN ST-5008-15. 97:syllables: NCR computers such as the 7: 807: 805: 89:Burroughs B6x00-7x00 instruction set 241:Association for Computing Machinery 120:Gemini Spacecraft On-Board Computer 31:is a name for a platform-dependent 821:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 418:Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH 205:, Department of Computer Science. 25: 414:Lexicon of information technology 336:(CCS). September 2009. CCS-N4X2. 274:"The KDF9 Computer — 30 Years On" 809: 601:from the original on 2016-05-24. 646:from the original on 2016-05-28 620:from the original on 2016-05-28 561:from the original on 2016-05-24 385:from the original on 2020-07-27 353: 343:from the original on 2020-04-04 305:from the original on 2020-07-27 227:Jones, Douglas W. (June 1988). 209:from the original on 2016-05-28 638:Burkey, Ronald (2010-09-06) . 1: 612:Burkey, Ronald (2009-08-21). 334:Computer Conservation Society 288:Computer Conservation Society 57:syllables: some experimental 817:This computing article is a 352:(NB. Refers to Beard's 1997 174:Word (computer architecture) 272:Beard, Bob (Autumn 1997) . 193:Jones, Douglas W. (2016) . 33:unit of information storage 899: 804: 699:Platform-independent units 497:Hardware: Data structure: 409:Datenverarbeitungs-Lexikon 588:Computer Usage Communique 430:10.1007/978-3-663-13618-7 406:Schneider, Carl (2013) . 725:Platform-dependent units 579:Bardin, Hillel (1963). 290:(CCS). pp. 7–15 . 107:Burroughs large systems 85:Burroughs large systems 203:The University of Iowa 868:Computing terminology 523:Floating point format 465:. pp. 201, 308: 424:. pp. 201, 308. 105:in this context) and 83:in this context) and 69:English Electric KDF9 878:Units of information 692:Units of information 521:: 3; Characters: 2; 239:(3). New York, USA: 143:Instruction syllable 250:10.1145/48675.48684 201:. Iowa City, USA: 163:Parcel (computing) 138:Catena (computing) 830: 829: 802: 801: 777:Metric byte units 581:"NCR 315 Seminar" 456:978-3-663-13618-7 439:978-3-409-31831-0 374:(Product flyer). 16:(Redirected from 890: 851: 844: 837: 813: 806: 756:Metric bit units 685: 678: 671: 662: 655: 654: 652: 651: 635: 629: 628: 626: 625: 609: 603: 602: 600: 585: 576: 570: 569: 567: 566: 560: 549: 541: 535: 534: 464: 463: 403: 394: 393: 391: 390: 384: 376:English Electric 373: 363: 357: 351: 349: 348: 342: 331: 323: 317: 313: 311: 310: 304: 278: 269: 263: 262: 252: 229:"A Minimal CISC" 224: 218: 217: 215: 214: 195:"A Minimal CISC" 190: 170:(in linguistics) 75:and also called 71:(represented as 27:In computing, a 21: 898: 897: 893: 892: 891: 889: 888: 887: 883:Computing stubs 858: 857: 856: 855: 803: 798: 772: 751: 720: 694: 689: 659: 658: 649: 647: 637: 636: 632: 623: 621: 611: 610: 606: 598: 583: 578: 577: 573: 564: 562: 558: 547: 543: 542: 538: 529:: 4 syllables; 461: 459: 440: 405: 404: 397: 388: 386: 382: 371: 365: 364: 360: 346: 344: 340: 329: 325: 324: 320: 308: 306: 302: 286:. 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Index

8-bit syllable
unit of information storage
bit widths
byte
word
3-bit
CISC
8-bit
English Electric KDF9
syllabic octals
slob-octals
slobs
Burroughs large systems
Burroughs B6x00-7x00 instruction set
12-bit
NCR 315
slabs
Burroughs large systems
13-bit
Saturn Launch Vehicle Digital Computer
Gemini Spacecraft On-Board Computer
Byte
Catena (computing)
Instruction syllable
Nibble
Opcode
Opstring
Parcel (computing)
Syllable
Word (computer architecture)

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