Sentence examples for a modern computer from inspiring English sources

Although Babbage's analytical engine is entirely mechanical, it has the same essence as a modern computer.

Unfortunately solid-state memories, such as flash, that do not have these disadvantages are too expensive for stashing the vast programs needed to run a modern computer.

Another option is emulation, in which a software program impersonates a retro hardware environment; essentially, an emulator temporarily "downgrades" a modern computer to act like an old one.

In a modern computer, these instructions are held in a so-called non-volatile memory that is part of the processor itself.

Sketchpad displayed graphics on the CRT display, and a light pen was used to manipulate the line objects, much like a modern computer mouse.

It can process information only in eight-bit chunks, compared with the 64- or 128-bit chunks handled by a modern computer processor.

The main obstacle preventing broader adoption of quantitative structure activity relationships [(Q SARs] is that published models are still relatively difficult to discover, retrieve and redeploy in a modern computer-oriented environment.

Bootstrapping is a modern, computer-intensive re-sampling approach which allows simulation of test data sets that mimic the initial original data set and the technique has been used successfully in a wide range of applications [ 23].

The C: is your hard drive, a floppy drive is usually drive A: (most modern computers no longer have a floppy drive), and the CD-ROM drive is usually drive D:, but not always.

Even though the whole process is incredibly fast from a human perspective, a typical modern computer needs years to simulate even a microsecond of the action.

Finally, we provide a computer program CDSGEN.EXE which, on a fast modern computer and for any Singer set of practical size and open fraction, generates the corresponding pattern of holes in seconds.