How "special register groups" invaded computer dictionaries for decades
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from tedu@inks.tedunangst.com to inks@inks.tedunangst.com on 23 Oct 2019 05:29
https://inks.tedunangst.com/l/4262
Half a century ago, the puzzling phrase “special register groups” started showing up in definitions of “CPU”, and it is still there. In this blog post, I uncover how special register groups went from an obscure feature in the Honeywell 800 mainframe to appearing in the Washington Post.
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