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===History===
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Usually the term refers to the six classical simple machines which were defined by Renaissance scientists:<ref>Anderson, William Ballantyne (1914). Physics for Technical Students: Mechanics and Heat. New York, USA: McGraw Hill. pp. 112–122. Retrieved 2008-05-11.</ref>; the Lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge and screw.
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"They are the elementary "building blocks" of which all more complicated machines (sometimes called "compound machines".<ref>"Compound Machines". University of Virginia Physics Department. Retrieved 11 June 2010.</ref>
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===The Question===
 
===The Question===
<big>Five basic machines - the lever, the block and tackle, the wheel and axle, the inclined plane, and the screw. Equivalent for programs?</big>
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<big>I asked this question on Twitter on March 10, 2011: Five basic machines - the lever, the block and tackle, the wheel and axle, the inclined plane, and the screw. Equivalent for programs?</big>
  
 
===The Answers===
 
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Latest revision as of 02:05, 11 March 2011

History

Usually the term refers to the six classical simple machines which were defined by Renaissance scientists:[1]; the Lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge and screw.

"They are the elementary "building blocks" of which all more complicated machines (sometimes called "compound machines".[2]

The Question

I asked this question on Twitter on March 10, 2011: Five basic machines - the lever, the block and tackle, the wheel and axle, the inclined plane, and the screw. Equivalent for programs?

The Answers

<tweet>http://twitter.com/jessejohnston/statuses/46006322893819904</tweet>

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<tweet>http://twitter.com/bryanstearns/statuses/46007811947233280</tweet>

<tweet>http://twitter.com/qubitsu/statuses/46007913189355520</tweet>

<tweet>http://twitter.com/skinny/statuses/46008143536328704</tweet>

<tweet>http://twitter.com/Nadreck/statuses/46008166672117760</tweet>

<tweet>http://twitter.com/enf/statuses/46009020980543488</tweet>

<tweet>http://twitter.com/Kitanin/statuses/46011660334411777</tweet>

<tweet>http://twitter.com/bzztbomb/statuses/46010653177167872</tweet>

<tweet>http://twitter.com/SiliconFarmer/status/46012818801172481</tweet>

<tweet>http://twitter.com/prosperityeng/status/46008901262524417</tweet>

<tweet>http://twitter.com/koyetay/statuses/46018892111421441</tweet>

<tweet>http://twitter.com/koyetay/statuses/46018495217016832</tweet>

<tweet>http://twitter.com/koyetay/statuses/46018130165768192</tweet>

<tweet>http://twitter.com/koyetay/statuses/46017908643606528</tweet>

<tweet>http://twitter.com/koyetay/statuses/46017602086125568</tweet>

<tweet>http://twitter.com/koyetay/statuses/46017554166190080</tweet>

<tweet>http://twitter.com/yoyojedi/statuses/46017959675703296</tweet>

<tweet>http://twitter.com/Dymaxion/statuses/46017365963571200</tweet>

<tweet>http://twitter.com/gcrisp/statuses/46015986368905216</tweet>

<tweet>http://twitter.com/mathpunk/status/46021856540626944</tweet>

References

  1. Anderson, William Ballantyne (1914). Physics for Technical Students: Mechanics and Heat. New York, USA: McGraw Hill. pp. 112–122. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  2. "Compound Machines". University of Virginia Physics Department. Retrieved 11 June 2010.