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The average modern smartphone contains more raw computing power than the combined computers NASA used for the entire Apollo programme.

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A modern smartphone has far more computing power than all the computers NASA used for the Apollo Moon landings combined — a supercomputer that fits in a pocket.

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Ortalama modern bir akıllı telefon, NASA'nın tüm Apollo programı boyunca kullandığı bilgisayarların toplamından daha fazla ham işlem gücüne sahiptir.

Modern bir akıllı telefon, NASA'nın Apollo Ay inişleri için kullandığı tüm bilgisayarların toplamından çok daha fazla işlem gücüne sahiptir — cebe sığan bir süper bilgisayar.

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