Holloran etal computing systems

Claim 1

IN AN ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COMPUTING MACHINE, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A STORAGE DEVICE OF A TYPE PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE STORAGE LOCATIONS EACH BEING CAPABLE OF HAVING EITHER A DATA WORD OR AN INSTRUCTION WORD MANIFESTATION STORED THEREIN; ADDRESS SELECTING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID STORAGE DEVICE FOR OBTAINING ACCESS TO ANY CHOSEN STORAGE LOCATION THEREOF; READ-WRITE MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERABLE DURING A CYCLE OF OPERATION THEREOF FOR SELECTIVELY STORING A WORD MANIFESTATION OR REPRODUCING A WORD MANIFESTATION PREVIOUSLY STORED AT THE PARTICULAR STORAGE LOCATIONS INDIVIDUALLY SELECTED BY SAID ADDRESS SELECTING MEANS; AN INSTRUCTION REGISTER HAVING A PLURALITY OF SECTIONS EACH OF WHICH IS CAPABLE OF HAVING STORED THEREIN A PARTICULAR PORTION OF AN INSTRUCTION WORD MANIFESTATION, THE CONTENTS OF ONE OF SAID SECTIONS BEING INDICATIVE OF A FIRST STORAGE LOCATION IN SAID STORAGE DEVICE AND THE CONTENTS OF ANOTHER ONE OF SAID SECTIONS BEING INDICATIVE OF A SECOND STORAGE LOCATION IN SAID STORAGE DEVICE; MEANS OPERABLE AT PREDETERMINED PROGRAMMED TIMES FOR ALTERNATELY CONDITIONING SAID ADDRESS SELECTING MEANS TO BE FIRST INDICATIVE OF THE CONTENT OF SAID ONE SECTION OF SAID INSTRUCTION REGISTER AND NEXT TO BE INDICATIVE OF THE CONTENTS OF SAID ANOTHER SECTION OF SAID INSTRUCTION REGISTER; CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE CONTENTS OF STILL ANOTHER SECTION OF SAID INSTRUCTION REGISTER FOR INITIATING A SUCCESSION OF CYCLES OF OPERATION OF SAID READ-WRITE MEANS; AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY INCREMENTING THE CONTENTS OF SAID ONE SECTION AND FOR DECREMENTING THE CONTENTS OF SAID ANOTHER SECTION OF SAID INSTRUCTION REGISTER UPON COMPLETION OF EACH TWO CYCLES OF OPERATION OF SAID READWRITE MEANS SUCH THAT A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF WORD MANIFESTATIONS ARE SELECTIVELY STORED OR REPRODUCED WITH RESPECT TO SUCCESSIVE ORDER STORAGE LOCATIONS OF SAID STORAGE DEVICE IN RESPONSE TO THE SAME INSTRUCTION WORD MANIFESTATION INITIALLY STORED IN SAID INSTRUCTION REGISTER.