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Tony Hoare, also known as C.A.R. Hoare, developed the Quicksort Algorithm that would soon be known to be one of the most widely used sorting algorithms in the world.
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Invented and used by NCR mainframes, CRAM was used for secondary storage. Mylar cards were suspended on rods, and one at a time were dropped and processed. CRAM only recorded about 5.5 MB on it 256 cards.
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The CDC (Control Data Corporation) 6600 processed over 3 million instructions each second. In 1962, this was known to be the fastest computer of the time.
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The carterfone, invented by Thomas Carter, connected mobile radios to the telephone network.
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The AGC, designed by scientists and engineers at MIT’s Instrumentation Laboratory, was used to decrease the size of the Apollo spacecraft computer significantly. This computer went from weight of 7 refrigerators, to a device that only weighed 70 pounds.
