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The launch of the Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-1 (Programmed Data Processor-1) minicomputer in 1959 is said to have marked a radical shift in computer design philosophy.

Digital data can be for data processing applications or, in earlier examples, used to directly control automated machinery. Punched cards were widely used through much of the 20th century in the data ...