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		chrismcb 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How were 70s versions of games like Pong built wit... What do you mean by "programmable computer?"

dboreham 9 months ago [–]

Today it means: computer. But long long ago there were things called computers (something that computed) that weren't programmable. E.g the computer that aims battleship guns in WW1.

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