COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
EARLY COMPUTING DEVICES
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Question
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Why was firing artillery shells difficult when using pre-computed tables?
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They were not accurate enough
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The calculations were wrong
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the military did not have access to them
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When the shells or machine changed shape the whole table had to be changed.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -: a table giving the elements of standard trajectories for a particular gun and type of ammunition and for effects produced by conditions (as of temperature or wind) that are not standard.
Detailed explanation-2: -Modern high-explosive artillery shells consist of a shell casing, a propelling charge, and a bursting charge; the propelling charge is ignited by a primer at the base of the shell, and the bursting charge by a fuse in the nose.
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