Relay Computers

Learn what the Z3 computer is, and how it differs from the computers with cylinders.

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Z3 computers

Tabulators used rotating cylinders to perform calculations. The next generation of computers replaced the cylinders with relaysA switch that is operated electrically. It can be used where several circuits need to be controlled by one signal.. A relay is a mechanical element that changes its state due to an electric current.

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