Decimal computer
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decimal-computer-256-18505747
title:
Decimal computer
text:
A decimal computer is a computer that can represent numbers and addresses in decimal and that provides instructions to operate on those numbers and addresses directly in decimal, without conversion to a pure binary representation. Some also had a variable wordlength, which enabled operations on numbers with a large number of digits. Decimal computers were common from the early machines through the 1960s and into the 1970s. Using decimal directly saved the need to convert from decimal to binary f
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Computer operating on base-10 numbers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_computer
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2024-03-21T16:53:46Z
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