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BBC MICROCOMPUTER

Specialty Definition: BBC MICROCOMPUTER

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Computing

BBC Microcomputer A series of 6502-based personal computers launched by Acorn Computers Ltd. in January 1982, for use in the British Broadcasting Corporation's educational programmes on computing. The computers are noted for their reliability (many are still in active service in 1994) and both hardware and software were designed for easy expansion. The 6502-based computers were succeeded in 1987 by the Acorn Archimedes family. xbeeb is a BBC Micro emulator for Unix and X11. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: BBC MICROCOMPUTER

Specialty definitions using "BBC MICROCOMPUTER": 6502Acorn Computers Ltd.Seiko RC-4000, Small-Cxbeeb. (references)

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Anagrams: BBC MICROCOMPUTER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-b-c-c-c-e-i-m-m-o-o-p-r-r-t-u"

-3 letters: microcomputer.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: BBC MICROCOMPUTER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 42 43      4D 49 43 52 4F 43 4F 4D 50 55 54 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01000010 01000011 00100000 01001101 01001001 01000011 01010010 01001111 01000011 01001111 01001101 01010000 01010101 01010100 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#66 &#67 &#32 &#77 &#73 &#67 &#82 &#79 &#67 &#79 &#77 &#80 &#85 &#84 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0042 0043      004D 0049 0043 0052 004F 0043 004F 004D 0050 0055 0054 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

363637247433752493749475055543952

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