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needle loom — noun 1. : a loom in which the filling is carried through the shed by a long eye pointed needle 2. : punch loom … Useful english dictionary
Jacquard loom — The Jacquard Loom is a mechanical loom, invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1801, that has holes punched in pasteboard, each row of which corresponds to one row of the design. Multiple rows of holes are punched on each card and the many cards… … Wikipedia
Enchanted loom — The enchanted loom is a famous metaphor for the brain invented by the pioneering neuroscientist Charles S. Sherrington in a passage from his 1942 book Man on his nature , in which he poetically describes what happens during arousal from sleep:… … Wikipedia
needle board — noun 1. : a board covered with very short fine wires that is used for pressing pile fabrics 2. a. : the perforated board in a jacquard mechanism through which the ends of the actuating needles project b. : a board carrying the needles in a punch… … Useful english dictionary
computer — computerlike, adj. /keuhm pyooh teuhr/, n. 1. Also called processor. an electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Cf. analog… … Universalium
Punched card — Overpunch redirects here. For the code, see Signed overpunch. A punched card, punch card, IBM card, or Hollerith card is a piece of stiff paper that contains digital information represented by the presence or absence of holes in predefined… … Wikipedia
Punched tape — Five hole and eight hole punched paper tape Punched tape or paper tape is an obsolete form of data storage, consisting of a long strip of paper in which holes are punched to store data. It was widely used during much of the twentieth century for… … Wikipedia
History of computing hardware — Computing hardware is a platform for information processing (block diagram) The history of computing hardware is the record of the ongoing effort to make computer hardware faster, cheaper, and capable of storing more data. Computing hardware… … Wikipedia
History of programming languages — This article discusses the major developments in the history of programming languages. For a detailed timeline of events, see the timeline of programming languages. History of Programming Languages The first programming languages predate the… … Wikipedia
Textile manufacturing terminology — The manufacture of textiles is one of the oldest of human technologies. In order to make textiles, the first requirement is a source of fibre from which a yarn can be made, primarily by spinning. (Both fibre and fiber are used in this article.)… … Wikipedia
