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Line 1: The '''Mark 8 Fire Control Computer''' was developed by [[Bell Laboratories]] during ~~WW2~~[[World War II]]. It was initially requested by the USN [[Bureau of Ordnance]] as an alternative to the Ford Instruments [[Mark I Fire Control Computer]], in case supplies of the Mk 1 were interrupted or were unable to be manufactured in the required numbers<ref>Annals of the History of Computing, Volume 4, Number 3, July 1982 ''Electrical Computers for Fire Control'', p218-46 W. H. C. Higgins, B. D. Holbrook, and J. W. Emling</ref>. The Mk 8 computer used all electric methods of computation, in contrast to the Mk 1, which performed most computations via mechanical devices. The Mk 8 was found to be more accurate than the Mk 1 and substantially faster in reaching a fire control solution<ref>Annals of the History of Computing, Volume 4, Number 3, July 1982

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