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Ternary computer — Ternary computers (also sometimes referred to as trinary) use three valued logic in their calculations. History One of the earliest calculating machines, built by Thomas Fowler entirely from wood in 1840, was a ternary computer. The only modern… … Wikipedia
Ternary — (from Latin ternarius ) can mean:* Ternary complex, a complex formed by the interaction of three molecules * Ternary compound, a type of chemical compound * Ternary computer, a computer using a ternary numeral system * Ternary form, a form used… … Wikipedia
Ternary numeral system — Ternary or trinary is the base num|3 numeral system. Analogous to a bit , a ternary digit is known as a trit (trinary digit). One trit contains about 1.58596 (log 2 3) bit of information. Although ternary most often refers to a system in which… … Wikipedia
Ternary logic — A ternary, three valued or trivalent logic (sometimes abbreviated 3VL) is a term to describe any of several multi valued logic systems in which there are three truth values indicating true , false and some third value. This is contrasted with the … Wikipedia
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Computer for operations with functions — Computer for operations with mathematical functions (unlike the usual computer) operates with functions at the hardware level (i.e. without programming these operations).[1][2][3] Contents 1 History … Wikipedia
Ternary operation — In mathematics, a ternary operation is an n ary operation with n = 3. A ternary operation on a set A takes any given three elements of A and combines them to form a single element of A. An example of a ternary operation is the product in a… … Wikipedia
Ternary search tree — In computer science, a ternary search tree (trie,TST) is a ternary (three way) tree data structure which combines the time efficiency of digital tries with the space efficiency of binary search trees. The resulting structure is faster than… … Wikipedia
Ternary search — A ternary search algorithm is a computer science technique for finding the minimum or maximum of a function that is either strictly increasing and then strictly decreasing or vice versa. A ternary search determines either that the minimum or… … Wikipedia
Computer numbering formats — The term computer numbering formats refers to the schemes implemented in digital computer and calculator hardware and software to represent numbers. A common mistake made by non specialist computer users is a certain misplaced faith in the… … Wikipedia
