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Communication with the computer involves the preparation of a program which contains, in a form understood by the computer, a set of instructions, data, questions, etc. This program is then either punched in a deck of cards which is mechanically ingested and electrically read by the computer or is typed on a special typewriter known as a Teletype1. The computer replies on paper—usually repeating the instructions, data, questions, etc., and then giving its responses, the results of computation. Schematically, this is shown in Figure 1–1
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Fuller, W.R. (1977). A Little Vocabulary. In: FORTRAN Programming. Universitext. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-9938-7_1
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