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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Archimedes</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../A.html" title="A"/><link rel="previous" href="app.html" title="app"/><link rel="next" href="arena.html" title="arena"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Archimedes</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">A</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="arena.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Archimedes"/><dt xmlns="" id="Archimedes"><b>Archimedes</b></dt></dt><dd><p> The world's first RISC microcomputer, available only in the British
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Commonwealth and europe. Built in 1987 in Great Britain by Acorn Computers,
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it was legendary for its use of the ARM-2 microprocessor as a CPU. Many a
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novice hacker in the Commonwealth first learnt his or her skills on the
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Archimedes, since it was specifically designed for use in schools and
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educational institutions. Owners of Archimedes machines are often still
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treated with awe and reverence. Familiarly, “<span class="quote">archi</span>”.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../A.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="arena.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">app </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> arena</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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