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@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French _**computer**_ or Latin _**computare**_, **
> Most actual digital computers have only a finite store. There is no theoretical difficulty in the idea of a computer with an unlimited store. Of course only a finite part can have been used at any one time. Likewise only a finite amount can have been constructed, but we can imagine more and more being added as required. Such computers have special theoretical interest and will be called infinitive capacity computers. > Most actual digital computers have only a finite store. There is no theoretical difficulty in the idea of a computer with an unlimited store. Of course only a finite part can have been used at any one time. Likewise only a finite amount can have been constructed, but we can imagine more and more being added as required. Such computers have special theoretical interest and will be called infinitive capacity computers.
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![](http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/still-image/Bush-Vannevar/bush_vannevar_differential_analyzer.c1930.102618648.lg.jpg) ![](http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/still-image/Bush-Vannevar/bush_vannevar_differential_analyzer.c1930.102618648.lg.jpg)
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Norber Wiener, _Cybernetics_ Norber Wiener, _Cybernetics_