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Sewing Machine , Background
Before 1900, women spent many of their daylight hours sewing clothes for themselves and their families by hand. Women also formed the majo… Set (seth) , set1 / set/ • v. (set·ting ; past set ) 1. [tr.] put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position: Dana set the mug of tea down | Cath… Reset , re·set / rēˈset/ • v. (-set·ting ; past and past part. -set ) [tr.] set again or differently: I must reset the alarm. ∎ Electr. cause (a binary devic… Turing Machine , British mathematician Alan Turing (1912–1954) described what became known as the "Turing Machine" in his 1936 paper, "On Computable Numbers, with an… Machine , machine, arrangement of moving and stationary mechanical parts used to perform some useful work or to provide transportation. From a historical persp… Inset , in·set • n. / ˈinˌset/ a thing that is put in or inserted: a pair of doors with their original stained-glass insets. ∎ a small picture or map inserte…
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