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In what century did the Gothic style first flourish? | <text>In what century did the Gothic style first flourish?</text><reasoning>From the early 12th century, French builders developed the Gothic style, marked by the use of rib vaults, pointed arches, flying buttresses, and large stained glass windows. It was used mainly in churches and cathedrals, and continued in use un... |
In what century did the Gothic style cease to be used? | <text>In what century did the Gothic style cease to be used?</text><reasoning>From the early 12th century, French builders developed the Gothic style, marked by the use of rib vaults, pointed arches, flying buttresses, and large stained glass windows. It was used mainly in churches and cathedrals, and continued in use ... |
Along with Reims, where is a notable Gothic cathedral in France located? | <text>Along with Reims, where is a notable Gothic cathedral in France located?</text><reasoning>From the early 12th century, French builders developed the Gothic style, marked by the use of rib vaults, pointed arches, flying buttresses, and large stained glass windows. It was used mainly in churches and cathedrals, and... |
What is a notable English Gothic cathedral? | <text>What is a notable English Gothic cathedral?</text><reasoning>From the early 12th century, French builders developed the Gothic style, marked by the use of rib vaults, pointed arches, flying buttresses, and large stained glass windows. It was used mainly in churches and cathedrals, and continued in use until the 1... |
Among which builders was the Gothic style first used? | <text>Among which builders was the Gothic style first used?</text><reasoning>From the early 12th century, French builders developed the Gothic style, marked by the use of rib vaults, pointed arches, flying buttresses, and large stained glass windows. It was used mainly in churches and cathedrals, and continued in use u... |
Who was recorded as using gunpowder in 1304? | <text>Who was recorded as using gunpowder in 1304?</text><reasoning>In military affairs, the use of infantry with specialised roles increased. Along with the still-dominant heavy cavalry, armies often included mounted and infantry crossbowmen, as well as sappers and engineers. Crossbows, which had been known in Late An... |
Against whom was gunpowder used in 1304? | <text>Against whom was gunpowder used in 1304?</text><reasoning>In military affairs, the use of infantry with specialised roles increased. Along with the still-dominant heavy cavalry, armies often included mounted and infantry crossbowmen, as well as sappers and engineers. Crossbows, which had been known in Late Antiqu... |
In what decade were siege cannon known to have been used? | <text>In what decade were siege cannon known to have been used?</text><reasoning>In military affairs, the use of infantry with specialised roles increased. Along with the still-dominant heavy cavalry, armies often included mounted and infantry crossbowmen, as well as sappers and engineers. Crossbows, which had been kno... |
What led to the increased use of armor in the 12th century? | <text>What led to the increased use of armor in the 12th century?</text><reasoning>In military affairs, the use of infantry with specialised roles increased. Along with the still-dominant heavy cavalry, armies often included mounted and infantry crossbowmen, as well as sappers and engineers. Crossbows, which had been k... |
Who carved the Pulpit in Sant'Andrea? | <text>Who carved the Pulpit in Sant'Andrea?</text><reasoning>The large external sculptural schemes of Early Gothic churches gave way to more sculpture inside the building, as tombs became more elaborate and other features such as pulpits were sometimes lavishly carved, as in the Pulpit by Giovanni Pisano in Sant'Andrea... |
Along with being carved, how were altarpieces often decorated in this period? | <text>Along with being carved, how were altarpieces often decorated in this period?</text><reasoning>The large external sculptural schemes of Early Gothic churches gave way to more sculpture inside the building, as tombs became more elaborate and other features such as pulpits were sometimes lavishly carved, as in the ... |
When did Rogier van der Weyden die? | <text>When did Rogier van der Weyden die?</text><reasoning>The large external sculptural schemes of Early Gothic churches gave way to more sculpture inside the building, as tombs became more elaborate and other features such as pulpits were sometimes lavishly carved, as in the Pulpit by Giovanni Pisano in Sant'Andrea. ... |
Of what nationality was Jan van Eyck? | <text>Of what nationality was Jan van Eyck?</text><reasoning>The large external sculptural schemes of Early Gothic churches gave way to more sculpture inside the building, as tombs became more elaborate and other features such as pulpits were sometimes lavishly carved, as in the Pulpit by Giovanni Pisano in Sant'Andrea... |
What does incunabula refer to? | <text>What does incunabula refer to?</text><reasoning>The large external sculptural schemes of Early Gothic churches gave way to more sculpture inside the building, as tombs became more elaborate and other features such as pulpits were sometimes lavishly carved, as in the Pulpit by Giovanni Pisano in Sant'Andrea. Paint... |
When was The Sound Pattern of English published? | <text>When was The Sound Pattern of English published?</text><reasoning>In 1968 Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle published The Sound Pattern of English (SPE), the basis for generative phonology. In this view, phonological representations are sequences of segments made up of distinctive features. These features were an exp... |
Other than Chomsky who else published The Sound Pattern of English? | <text>Other than Chomsky who else published The Sound Pattern of English?</text><reasoning>In 1968 Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle published The Sound Pattern of English (SPE), the basis for generative phonology. In this view, phonological representations are sequences of segments made up of distinctive features. These f... |
Besides the syllable what was downplayed as a result of SPE's influence on phonological theory? | <text>Besides the syllable what was downplayed as a result of SPE's influence on phonological theory?</text><reasoning>In 1968 Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle published The Sound Pattern of English (SPE), the basis for generative phonology. In this view, phonological representations are sequences of segments made up of d... |
What other discipline was combined with phonology by the generativists? | <text>What other discipline was combined with phonology by the generativists?</text><reasoning>In 1968 Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle published The Sound Pattern of English (SPE), the basis for generative phonology. In this view, phonological representations are sequences of segments made up of distinctive features. The... |
What kind of linguistics describes how factors of languages change in history? | <text>What kind of linguistics describes how factors of languages change in history?</text><reasoning>The particular contrasts which are phonemic in a language can change over time. At one time, [f] and [v], two sounds that have the same place and manner of articulation and differ in voicing only, were allophones of th... |
With the passage of time what particular things phonemic in a language are known to change? | <text>With the passage of time what particular things phonemic in a language are known to change?</text><reasoning>The particular contrasts which are phonemic in a language can change over time. At one time, [f] and [v], two sounds that have the same place and manner of articulation and differ in voicing only, were all... |
In the past sounds that now belong to separate phonemes were allophones of what kind of phoneme in English? | <text>In the past sounds that now belong to separate phonemes were allophones of what kind of phoneme in English?</text><reasoning>The particular contrasts which are phonemic in a language can change over time. At one time, [f] and [v], two sounds that have the same place and manner of articulation and differ in voicin... |
What type of language study involves trying to deduce underlying phonomes? | <text>What type of language study involves trying to deduce underlying phonomes?</text><reasoning>Part of the phonological study of a language therefore involves looking at data (phonetic transcriptions of the speech of native speakers) and trying to deduce what the underlying phonemes are and what the sound inventory ... |
Aside from finding out what underlying phonemes are there what does the phonological study of a language try to find out about the language? | <text>Aside from finding out what underlying phonemes are there what does the phonological study of a language try to find out about the language?</text><reasoning>Part of the phonological study of a language therefore involves looking at data (phonetic transcriptions of the speech of native speakers) and trying to ded... |
What kind of speaker data does studying a language phonologically involve examining? | <text>What kind of speaker data does studying a language phonologically involve examining?</text><reasoning>Part of the phonological study of a language therefore involves looking at data (phonetic transcriptions of the speech of native speakers) and trying to deduce what the underlying phonemes are and what the sound ... |
What do phonemes differentiate? | <text>What do phonemes differentiate?</text><reasoning>In addition to the minimal units that can serve the purpose of differentiating meaning (the phonemes), phonology studies how sounds alternate, i.e. replace one another in different forms of the same morpheme (allomorphs), as well as, for example, syllable structure... |
Aside from phonemes what is studied by phonology? | <text>Aside from phonemes what is studied by phonology?</text><reasoning>In addition to the minimal units that can serve the purpose of differentiating meaning (the phonemes), phonology studies how sounds alternate, i.e. replace one another in different forms of the same morpheme (allomorphs), as well as, for example, ... |
The study of syllable structure is part of what discipline? | <text>The study of syllable structure is part of what discipline?</text><reasoning>In addition to the minimal units that can serve the purpose of differentiating meaning (the phonemes), phonology studies how sounds alternate, i.e. replace one another in different forms of the same morpheme (allomorphs), as well as, for... |
When did Prince and Smolensky develop their theory? | <text>When did Prince and Smolensky develop their theory?</text><reasoning>In a course at the LSA summer institute in 1991, Alan Prince and Paul Smolensky developed optimality theory—an overall architecture for phonology according to which languages choose a pronunciation of a word that best satisfies a list of constra... |
Where was optimality theory created? | <text>Where was optimality theory created?</text><reasoning>In a course at the LSA summer institute in 1991, Alan Prince and Paul Smolensky developed optimality theory—an overall architecture for phonology according to which languages choose a pronunciation of a word that best satisfies a list of constraints ordered by... |
Aside from Alan Prince who brought optimality theory to morphology? | <text>Aside from Alan Prince who brought optimality theory to morphology?</text><reasoning>In a course at the LSA summer institute in 1991, Alan Prince and Paul Smolensky developed optimality theory—an overall architecture for phonology according to which languages choose a pronunciation of a word that best satisfies a... |
Who were prominent critics of optimality theory? | <text>Who were prominent critics of optimality theory?</text><reasoning>In a course at the LSA summer institute in 1991, Alan Prince and Paul Smolensky developed optimality theory—an overall architecture for phonology according to which languages choose a pronunciation of a word that best satisfies a list of constraint... |
What are the units called that traditional phonology studies? | <text>What are the units called that traditional phonology studies?</text><reasoning>An important part of traditional, pre-generative schools of phonology is studying which sounds can be grouped into distinctive units within a language; these units are known as phonemes. For example, in English, the "p" sound in pot is... |
What is another word for variations? | <text>What is another word for variations?</text><reasoning>An important part of traditional, pre-generative schools of phonology is studying which sounds can be grouped into distinctive units within a language; these units are known as phonemes. For example, in English, the "p" sound in pot is aspirated (pronounced [p... |
What is the opposite of aspirated? | <text>What is the opposite of aspirated?</text><reasoning>An important part of traditional, pre-generative schools of phonology is studying which sounds can be grouped into distinctive units within a language; these units are known as phonemes. For example, in English, the "p" sound in pot is aspirated (pronounced [pʰ]... |
Whose publications started the theory of Natural phonology? | <text>Whose publications started the theory of Natural phonology?</text><reasoning>Natural phonology is a theory based on the publications of its proponent David Stampe in 1969 and (more explicitly) in 1979. In this view, phonology is based on a set of universal phonological processes that interact with one another; wh... |
According to Stampe what is phonology based on? | <text>According to Stampe what is phonology based on?</text><reasoning>Natural phonology is a theory based on the publications of its proponent David Stampe in 1969 and (more explicitly) in 1979. In this view, phonology is based on a set of universal phonological processes that interact with one another; which ones are... |
Aside from being active what other condition can the universal phonological processes exist in? | <text>Aside from being active what other condition can the universal phonological processes exist in?</text><reasoning>Natural phonology is a theory based on the publications of its proponent David Stampe in 1969 and (more explicitly) in 1979. In this view, phonology is based on a set of universal phonological processe... |
Who is the number two natural phonologist? | <text>Who is the number two natural phonologist?</text><reasoning>Natural phonology is a theory based on the publications of its proponent David Stampe in 1969 and (more explicitly) in 1979. In this view, phonology is based on a set of universal phonological processes that interact with one another; which ones are acti... |
Who was the founder of natural morphology? | <text>Who was the founder of natural morphology?</text><reasoning>Natural phonology is a theory based on the publications of its proponent David Stampe in 1969 and (more explicitly) in 1979. In this view, phonology is based on a set of universal phonological processes that interact with one another; which ones are acti... |
In computer terms, what does CPU stand for? | <text>In computer terms, what does CPU stand for?</text><reasoning>Conventionally, a computer consists of at least one processing element, typically a central processing unit (CPU), and some form of memory. The processing element carries out arithmetic and logic operations, and a sequencing and control unit can change ... |
What are the devices called that are from an external source? | <text>What are the devices called that are from an external source?</text><reasoning>Conventionally, a computer consists of at least one processing element, typically a central processing unit (CPU), and some form of memory. The processing element carries out arithmetic and logic operations, and a sequencing and contro... |
What are two things that a computer always has? | <text>What are two things that a computer always has?</text><reasoning>Conventionally, a computer consists of at least one processing element, typically a central processing unit (CPU), and some form of memory. The processing element carries out arithmetic and logic operations, and a sequencing and control unit can cha... |
When did theoretical linguists turn away traditional phoneme concepts? | <text>When did theoretical linguists turn away traditional phoneme concepts?</text><reasoning>Since the early 1960s, theoretical linguists have moved away from the traditional concept of a phoneme, preferring to consider basic units at a more abstract level, as a component of morphemes; these units can be called morpho... |
On what level do theoretical linguists consider basic units? | <text>On what level do theoretical linguists consider basic units?</text><reasoning>Since the early 1960s, theoretical linguists have moved away from the traditional concept of a phoneme, preferring to consider basic units at a more abstract level, as a component of morphemes; these units can be called morphophonemes, ... |
What is a name for the basic morpheme unit? | <text>What is a name for the basic morpheme unit?</text><reasoning>Since the early 1960s, theoretical linguists have moved away from the traditional concept of a phoneme, preferring to consider basic units at a more abstract level, as a component of morphemes; these units can be called morphophonemes, and analysis usin... |
What is the act of analyzing morphophones called? | <text>What is the act of analyzing morphophones called?</text><reasoning>Since the early 1960s, theoretical linguists have moved away from the traditional concept of a phoneme, preferring to consider basic units at a more abstract level, as a component of morphemes; these units can be called morphophonemes, and analysi... |
What kind of linguists are leaving the old methods behind? | <text>What kind of linguists are leaving the old methods behind?</text><reasoning>Since the early 1960s, theoretical linguists have moved away from the traditional concept of a phoneme, preferring to consider basic units at a more abstract level, as a component of morphemes; these units can be called morphophonemes, an... |
An example of a 4GL is what? | <text>An example of a 4GL is what?</text><reasoning>These 4G languages are less procedural than 3G languages. The benefit of 4GL is that it provides ways to obtain information without requiring the direct help of a programmer. Example of 4GL is SQL.</reasoning><output>SQL</output> |
What is the pro of 4GL over a 3G language? | <text>What is the pro of 4GL over a 3G language?</text><reasoning>These 4G languages are less procedural than 3G languages. The benefit of 4GL is that it provides ways to obtain information without requiring the direct help of a programmer. Example of 4GL is SQL.</reasoning><output>provides ways to obtain information w... |
In the Late Middle Ages, who was allowed to drink wine at Mass? | <text>In the Late Middle Ages, who was allowed to drink wine at Mass?</text><reasoning>The papacy further refined the practice in the Mass in the Late Middle Ages, holding that the clergy alone was allowed to partake of the wine in the Eucharist. This further distanced the secular laity from the clergy. The laity conti... |
When did Thomas à Kempis die? | <text>When did Thomas à Kempis die?</text><reasoning>The papacy further refined the practice in the Mass in the Late Middle Ages, holding that the clergy alone was allowed to partake of the wine in the Eucharist. This further distanced the secular laity from the clergy. The laity continued the practices of pilgrimages,... |
In what year did the Church condemn witches? | <text>In what year did the Church condemn witches?</text><reasoning>The papacy further refined the practice in the Mass in the Late Middle Ages, holding that the clergy alone was allowed to partake of the wine in the Eucharist. This further distanced the secular laity from the clergy. The laity continued the practices ... |
In what year was the Malleus Maleficarum published? | <text>In what year was the Malleus Maleficarum published?</text><reasoning>The papacy further refined the practice in the Mass in the Late Middle Ages, holding that the clergy alone was allowed to partake of the wine in the Eucharist. This further distanced the secular laity from the clergy. The laity continued the pra... |
What was the Malleus Maleficarum? | <text>What was the Malleus Maleficarum?</text><reasoning>The papacy further refined the practice in the Mass in the Late Middle Ages, holding that the clergy alone was allowed to partake of the wine in the Eucharist. This further distanced the secular laity from the clergy. The laity continued the practices of pilgrima... |
Instead of being language-specific what kind of tools are the principles of phonological analysis designed to be? | <text>Instead of being language-specific what kind of tools are the principles of phonological analysis designed to be?</text><reasoning>The principles of phonological analysis can be applied independently of modality because they are designed to serve as general analytical tools, not language-specific ones. The same p... |
What other types of language have the phonological analysis principles been applied to? | <text>What other types of language have the phonological analysis principles been applied to?</text><reasoning>The principles of phonological analysis can be applied independently of modality because they are designed to serve as general analytical tools, not language-specific ones. The same principles have been applie... |
What are the principles of phonological analysis able to be applied separately from? | <text>What are the principles of phonological analysis able to be applied separately from?</text><reasoning>The principles of phonological analysis can be applied independently of modality because they are designed to serve as general analytical tools, not language-specific ones. The same principles have been applied t... |
In sign languages what are not represented as instances of speech sounds? | <text>In sign languages what are not represented as instances of speech sounds?</text><reasoning>The principles of phonological analysis can be applied independently of modality because they are designed to serve as general analytical tools, not language-specific ones. The same principles have been applied to the analy... |
How do speech perception and articulation findings and insights affect previous and more traditional ideas? | <text>How do speech perception and articulation findings and insights affect previous and more traditional ideas?</text><reasoning>The findings and insights of speech perception and articulation research complicate the traditional and somewhat intuitive idea of interchangeable allophones being perceived as the same pho... |
How does interchanging allophones of the same pheneme render words? | <text>How does interchanging allophones of the same pheneme render words?</text><reasoning>The findings and insights of speech perception and articulation research complicate the traditional and somewhat intuitive idea of interchangeable allophones being perceived as the same phoneme. First, interchanged allophones of ... |
What does splicing words affect? | <text>What does splicing words affect?</text><reasoning>The findings and insights of speech perception and articulation research complicate the traditional and somewhat intuitive idea of interchangeable allophones being perceived as the same phoneme. First, interchanged allophones of the same phoneme can result in unre... |
The sector, a calculating instrument, was invented during what century? | <text>The sector, a calculating instrument, was invented during what century?</text><reasoning>The sector, a calculating instrument used for solving problems in proportion, trigonometry, multiplication and division, and for various functions, such as squares and cube roots, was developed in the late 16th century and fo... |
What was the abacus first used for? | <text>What was the abacus first used for?</text><reasoning>The abacus was initially used for arithmetic tasks. The Roman abacus was used in Babylonia as early as 2400 BC. Since then, many other forms of reckoning boards or tables have been invented. In a medieval European counting house, a checkered cloth would be plac... |
When was the Roman abacus first used? | <text>When was the Roman abacus first used?</text><reasoning>The abacus was initially used for arithmetic tasks. The Roman abacus was used in Babylonia as early as 2400 BC. Since then, many other forms of reckoning boards or tables have been invented. In a medieval European counting house, a checkered cloth would be pl... |
Where was the Roman abacus first used? | <text>Where was the Roman abacus first used?</text><reasoning>The abacus was initially used for arithmetic tasks. The Roman abacus was used in Babylonia as early as 2400 BC. Since then, many other forms of reckoning boards or tables have been invented. In a medieval European counting house, a checkered cloth would be p... |
In medieval Europe was was placed on a table to help count money? | <text>In medieval Europe was was placed on a table to help count money?</text><reasoning>The abacus was initially used for arithmetic tasks. The Roman abacus was used in Babylonia as early as 2400 BC. Since then, many other forms of reckoning boards or tables have been invented. In a medieval European counting house, a... |
A checkered cloth on a table was used in medieval Europe to help count what? | <text>A checkered cloth on a table was used in medieval Europe to help count what?</text><reasoning>The abacus was initially used for arithmetic tasks. The Roman abacus was used in Babylonia as early as 2400 BC. Since then, many other forms of reckoning boards or tables have been invented. In a medieval European counti... |
Under what topic is suprasegmentals studied? | <text>Under what topic is suprasegmentals studied?</text><reasoning>Phonology also includes topics such as phonotactics (the phonological constraints on what sounds can appear in what positions in a given language) and phonological alternation (how the pronunciation of a sound changes through the application of phonolo... |
Aside from bleeding what is an order of rules that define how pronunciation of a sound changes? | <text>Aside from bleeding what is an order of rules that define how pronunciation of a sound changes?</text><reasoning>Phonology also includes topics such as phonotactics (the phonological constraints on what sounds can appear in what positions in a given language) and phonological alternation (how the pronunciation of... |
Phonotactics, phonological alternation and prosody are topics contained in what discipline? | <text>Phonotactics, phonological alternation and prosody are topics contained in what discipline?</text><reasoning>Phonology also includes topics such as phonotactics (the phonological constraints on what sounds can appear in what positions in a given language) and phonological alternation (how the pronunciation of a s... |
Stress and intonation are studied under what topic? | <text>Stress and intonation are studied under what topic?</text><reasoning>Phonology also includes topics such as phonotactics (the phonological constraints on what sounds can appear in what positions in a given language) and phonological alternation (how the pronunciation of a sound changes through the application of ... |
The earliest device to help count was what? | <text>The earliest device to help count was what?</text><reasoning>Devices have been used to aid computation for thousands of years, mostly using one-to-one correspondence with fingers. The earliest counting device was probably a form of tally stick. Later record keeping aids throughout the Fertile Crescent included ca... |
Calculi during the Fertile Crescent refers to what? | <text>Calculi during the Fertile Crescent refers to what?</text><reasoning>Devices have been used to aid computation for thousands of years, mostly using one-to-one correspondence with fingers. The earliest counting device was probably a form of tally stick. Later record keeping aids throughout the Fertile Crescent inc... |
What were analog computers originally used for? | <text>What were analog computers originally used for?</text><reasoning>Mechanical analog computers started appearing in the first century and were later used in the medieval era for astronomical calculations. In World War II, mechanical analog computers were used for specialized military applications such as calculatin... |
During what war were computers first used for military applications? | <text>During what war were computers first used for military applications?</text><reasoning>Mechanical analog computers started appearing in the first century and were later used in the medieval era for astronomical calculations. In World War II, mechanical analog computers were used for specialized military applicatio... |
In computer terms, what does PC stand for? | <text>In computer terms, what does PC stand for?</text><reasoning>Mechanical analog computers started appearing in the first century and were later used in the medieval era for astronomical calculations. In World War II, mechanical analog computers were used for specialized military applications such as calculating tor... |
During what war were the first digital computers invented? | <text>During what war were the first digital computers invented?</text><reasoning>Mechanical analog computers started appearing in the first century and were later used in the medieval era for astronomical calculations. In World War II, mechanical analog computers were used for specialized military applications such as... |
Along with the Renaissance, during what period were the Middle Ages disparaged? | <text>Along with the Renaissance, during what period were the Middle Ages disparaged?</text><reasoning>The medieval period is frequently caricatured as a "time of ignorance and superstition" that placed "the word of religious authorities over personal experience and rational activity." This is a legacy from both the Re... |
What era did Renaissance scholars negatively compare the Middle Ages to? | <text>What era did Renaissance scholars negatively compare the Middle Ages to?</text><reasoning>The medieval period is frequently caricatured as a "time of ignorance and superstition" that placed "the word of religious authorities over personal experience and rational activity." This is a legacy from both the Renaissan... |
How did scholars of the Enlightenment see the Middle Ages? | <text>How did scholars of the Enlightenment see the Middle Ages?</text><reasoning>The medieval period is frequently caricatured as a "time of ignorance and superstition" that placed "the word of religious authorities over personal experience and rational activity." This is a legacy from both the Renaissance and Enlight... |
What did Enlightenment scholars consider to be inferior to reason? | <text>What did Enlightenment scholars consider to be inferior to reason?</text><reasoning>The medieval period is frequently caricatured as a "time of ignorance and superstition" that placed "the word of religious authorities over personal experience and rational activity." This is a legacy from both the Renaissance and... |
In some CPU designs there is tinier computer called what? | <text>In some CPU designs there is tinier computer called what?</text><reasoning>The sequence of operations that the control unit goes through to process an instruction is in itself like a short computer program, and indeed, in some more complex CPU designs, there is another yet smaller computer called a microsequencer... |
A microsequencer can be found in what other computer component? | <text>A microsequencer can be found in what other computer component?</text><reasoning>The sequence of operations that the control unit goes through to process an instruction is in itself like a short computer program, and indeed, in some more complex CPU designs, there is another yet smaller computer called a microseq... |
What is thought to be the first mechanical analog computer? | <text>What is thought to be the first mechanical analog computer?</text><reasoning>The Antikythera mechanism is believed to be the earliest mechanical analog "computer", according to Derek J. de Solla Price. It was designed to calculate astronomical positions. It was discovered in 1901 in the Antikythera wreck off the ... |
When was the Antikythera mechanism discovered? | <text>When was the Antikythera mechanism discovered?</text><reasoning>The Antikythera mechanism is believed to be the earliest mechanical analog "computer", according to Derek J. de Solla Price. It was designed to calculate astronomical positions. It was discovered in 1901 in the Antikythera wreck off the Greek island ... |
Where was the Antikythera mechanism found in 1901? | <text>Where was the Antikythera mechanism found in 1901?</text><reasoning>The Antikythera mechanism is believed to be the earliest mechanical analog "computer", according to Derek J. de Solla Price. It was designed to calculate astronomical positions. It was discovered in 1901 in the Antikythera wreck off the Greek isl... |
Where is the Greek Island of Antikythera located between? | <text>Where is the Greek Island of Antikythera located between?</text><reasoning>The Antikythera mechanism is believed to be the earliest mechanical analog "computer", according to Derek J. de Solla Price. It was designed to calculate astronomical positions. It was discovered in 1901 in the Antikythera wreck off the Gr... |
The Antikythera mechanism was thought to be the first computer according to whom? | <text>The Antikythera mechanism was thought to be the first computer according to whom?</text><reasoning>The Antikythera mechanism is believed to be the earliest mechanical analog "computer", according to Derek J. de Solla Price. It was designed to calculate astronomical positions. It was discovered in 1901 in the Anti... |
Who invented the planisphere? | <text>Who invented the planisphere?</text><reasoning>Many mechanical aids to calculation and measurement were constructed for astronomical and navigation use. The planisphere was a star chart invented by Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī in the early 11th century. The astrolabe was invented in the Hellenistic world in either the 1s... |
Who is thought to have invented the astrolabe in history? | <text>Who is thought to have invented the astrolabe in history?</text><reasoning>Many mechanical aids to calculation and measurement were constructed for astronomical and navigation use. The planisphere was a star chart invented by Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī in the early 11th century. The astrolabe was invented in the Hellen... |
The astrolabe was a combination of what two devices in history? | <text>The astrolabe was a combination of what two devices in history?</text><reasoning>Many mechanical aids to calculation and measurement were constructed for astronomical and navigation use. The planisphere was a star chart invented by Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī in the early 11th century. The astrolabe was invented in the ... |
The first astrolabe with gear-wheels was invented when? | <text>The first astrolabe with gear-wheels was invented when?</text><reasoning>Many mechanical aids to calculation and measurement were constructed for astronomical and navigation use. The planisphere was a star chart invented by Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī in the early 11th century. The astrolabe was invented in the Hellenis... |
The first astrolabe with a mechanical calendar was invented where? | <text>The first astrolabe with a mechanical calendar was invented where?</text><reasoning>Many mechanical aids to calculation and measurement were constructed for astronomical and navigation use. The planisphere was a star chart invented by Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī in the early 11th century. The astrolabe was invented in t... |
A special memory cell of a CPU is called what? | <text>A special memory cell of a CPU is called what?</text><reasoning>A key component common to all CPUs is the program counter, a special memory cell (a register) that keeps track of which location in memory the next instruction is to be read from.</reasoning><output>a register</output> |
A register of a CPU keeps track of what? | <text>A register of a CPU keeps track of what?</text><reasoning>A key component common to all CPUs is the program counter, a special memory cell (a register) that keeps track of which location in memory the next instruction is to be read from.</reasoning><output>which location in memory the next instruction is to be re... |
What is a component that all CPUs have? | <text>What is a component that all CPUs have?</text><reasoning>A key component common to all CPUs is the program counter, a special memory cell (a register) that keeps track of which location in memory the next instruction is to be read from.</reasoning><output>the program counter</output> |
Where was the differential analyzer built by H.L. Hazen? | <text>Where was the differential analyzer built by H.L. Hazen?</text><reasoning>The art of mechanical analog computing reached its zenith with the differential analyzer, built by H. L. Hazen and Vannevar Bush at MIT starting in 1927. This built on the mechanical integrators of James Thomson and the torque amplifiers in... |
The differential analyzer by H.L. Hazen and Vannevar Bush was first being built in what year? | <text>The differential analyzer by H.L. Hazen and Vannevar Bush was first being built in what year?</text><reasoning>The art of mechanical analog computing reached its zenith with the differential analyzer, built by H. L. Hazen and Vannevar Bush at MIT starting in 1927. This built on the mechanical integrators of James... |
The torque amplifiers of the differential analyzer were created by whom? | <text>The torque amplifiers of the differential analyzer were created by whom?</text><reasoning>The art of mechanical analog computing reached its zenith with the differential analyzer, built by H. L. Hazen and Vannevar Bush at MIT starting in 1927. This built on the mechanical integrators of James Thomson and the torq... |
Who invented the first analog computer in the form of a tide-predicting machine? | <text>Who invented the first analog computer in the form of a tide-predicting machine?</text><reasoning>The first modern analog computer was a tide-predicting machine, invented by Sir William Thomson in 1872. The differential analyser, a mechanical analog computer designed to solve differential equations by integration... |
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