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How Alan Turing's Pilot ACE changed computing

BBC writes: "Testing had been carried out by building a replica aircraft in a tank of water before exposing it to high pressures - similar to the conditions it would experience in mid-air. This required carrying out some intricate calculations - a task perfect for the Pilot ACE, the predecessor to English computer scientist Alan Turing's computer, the ACE."

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