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A modern smartphone has vastly more computing power than the computer that guided Apollo 11 to the Moon.

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The Apollo Guidance Computer had a tiny fraction of a modern phone's memory and speed — yet it landed humans on the Moon.

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Modern bir akıllı telefon, Apollo 11'i Ay'a yönlendiren bilgisayardan çok daha fazla işlem gücüne sahiptir.

Apollo Rehberlik Bilgisayarı, modern bir telefonun belleğinin ve hızının küçücük bir bölümüne sahipti — yine de insanları Ay'a indirdi.

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