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Cold War Computing

tags:: #lec14 #computing projects::

  • Due to the fear of the soviets flying over the north pole to attack north america
  • and the need to simulate nuclear attacks and nuclear explosions
    • meant computers became the favourite tool of the airforce
  • Companies and academia started creating computers on mass
    • however they where still not general, standardized computer which made them hard to maintain

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