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The computor’s method
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A computor "reads" from tele-tape or punch card, on which the information that it needs has been coded. The code marks are turned into electronic pulses. The pulses are held, like greyhounds in the traps, and let out, one by one, into a circuit. The position allotted to each pulse in the circuit signifies the digit it represents. This is the first step.
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