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MOBIDIC: History, Measurement & Art

Sylvania's MOBIDIC, short for "MOBIle DIgital Computer", was a transistorized computer intended to store, sort and route information as one part of the United States Army's Fieldata concept. Fieldata aimed to automate the distribution of battlefield data in any form, ensuring the delivery of reports to the proper recipients regardless of the physical…

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MOBIDIC topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Measurement and Art as prominent areas in the source structure around MOBIDIC.

Related topics: 38
Source areas: 3
Connected nodes: 41
Extracted relationships: 30
Concept neighborhoods: 15
Bridge connections: 41

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 25 topics

Description · 8 topics

Overview · 5 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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Codename: MOBIDIC
Connectivity: Other MOBIDIC units
CPU: 36 & 40 bit, 52 instruction
Dimensions: Four vans
Discontinued: 1960s
Input: Flexowriter

Suggested research paths

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History

AN/APQ-32 AN/ASD-1 Army Signal Corps BMEWS Boeing RC-135

Description

36-bit Accumulator Core memory Flexowriter Input/output

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

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Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How MOBIDIC connects Entity context

The extracted context around MOBIDIC shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, MOBIDIC → All, Flexowriter, For, It, Machines, MOBIDIC's, One, STOP, The, This Another extracted example is MOBIDIC → MOBIDIC. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

MOBIDIC

Top relations

related to Description · 10

MOBIDIC → All, Flexowriter, For, It, Machines, MOBIDIC's, One, STOP, The, This

Codename · 1

MOBIDIC → MOBIDIC

Connectivity · 1

MOBIDIC → Other MOBIDIC units

CPU · 1

MOBIDIC → 36 & 40 bit, 52 instruction

Dimensions · 1

MOBIDIC → Four vans

Discontinued · 1

MOBIDIC → 1960s

Input · 1

MOBIDIC → Flexowriter

Introductory price · 1

MOBIDIC → $20-30 million USD

Language · 1

MOBIDIC → COBOL

Manufacturer · 1

MOBIDIC → Sylvania Electric Products

Important terminology

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Important terminology

sylvania fieldata system army one computer data tape would machine could commercial two army's battlefield memory power output messages general

MOBIDIC relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 30 structured relationships around MOBIDIC. Examples in this analysis include MOBIDIC → Codename → MOBIDIC and MOBIDIC → Connectivity → Other MOBIDIC units. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
MOBIDIC	Codename	MOBIDIC	1.00	infobox
MOBIDIC	Connectivity	Other MOBIDIC units	1.00	infobox
MOBIDIC	CPU	36 & 40 bit, 52 instruction	1.00	infobox
MOBIDIC	Dimensions	Four vans	1.00	infobox
MOBIDIC	Discontinued	1960s	1.00	infobox
MOBIDIC	Input	Flexowriter	1.00	infobox
MOBIDIC	Introductory price	$20-30 million USD	1.00	infobox
MOBIDIC	Language	COBOL	1.00	infobox
MOBIDIC	Manufacturer	Sylvania Electric Products	1.00	infobox
MOBIDIC	Marketing target	American Army, Government, Commercial (9400)	1.00	infobox
MOBIDIC	Media	Tape	1.00	infobox
MOBIDIC	Memory	2-7 banks of 4098 word core memory	1.00	infobox
MOBIDIC	Platform	Fieldata	1.00	infobox
MOBIDIC	Power	29.79kW, provided by generator van.	1.00	infobox
MOBIDIC	Product family	MOBIDIC	1.00	infobox
MOBIDIC	Released	December 1959 (1959-12)	1.00	infobox
MOBIDIC	Storage	Tape drives, punch tape	1.00	infobox
MOBIDIC	Successor	Sylvania 9400	1.00	infobox
MOBIDIC	Type	Mobile trailer computer	1.00	infobox
MOBIDIC	Weight	~7000lbs-12000lbs	1.00	infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around MOBIDIC bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Short, System and Fort. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

MOBIDIC
- Short
- System
- Fort
- 7a
- Army's
- Computer
- Data
- Machine
- Tape
- One
- Mobile
- Part
mobidic
- Short
- System
- Fort
- 7a
- Army's
- Computer
- Data
- Machine
- Tape
- One
- Mobile
- Part
transistorized computer
- Mobile
- Commercial
- Sylvania
- Part
- Store
- Fieldata
- Development
- Systems
- Mobidic
- System
- Short
- Sylvania's
fieldata
- Battlefield
- Information
- Mobile
- Part
- Store
- Development
- Sent
- Army
- Machine
- Would
- System
- Short
united states army
- Additional
- Commercial
- Machines
- Fieldata
- Sylvania
- Mobile
- Part
- Contract
- Development
- Fort
- Power
- 7a
army signal corps
- Additional
- Commercial
- Machines
- Fieldata
- Sylvania
- Mobile
- Part
- Contract
- Development
- Fort
- Power
- 7a
sylvania
- Commercial
- Drives
- System
- General
- Tape
- Contract
- Development
- Fort
- Input
- Power
- Memory
- Systems
tape drives
- Tape
- Input
- Sylvania
- Could
- Mobile
- Would
- Power
- Memory
- Output
- Used
- One
- System

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For MOBIDIC, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects MOBIDIC with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

MOBIDIC — History · splits 16 ⟂ 26

MOBIDIC — Description · splits 33 ⟂ 9

MOBIDIC — Overview · splits 36 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

MOBIDIC

Nodes42

Edges41

Triples30

Avg. degree1.95

Density0.047619

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around MOBIDIC to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Measurement & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — MOBIDIC · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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