Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer, ENIAC.
ENIAC ( Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer) was the first electronic general-purpose computer and designed to calculate artillery firing tables. It was capable of being reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problems.
ElectronicNumericalIntegratorAndComputer [ ENIAC ], the first operational electronic digital computer was used to compute artillery firing tables for the U.S. Army's Ballistic Research Laboratory.
ENIAC, an acronym for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer, was the first reprogrammable general purpose digital electronic computer. The machine was designed and constructed to calculate artillery firing tables for the Ballistic Research Laboratory of the U.S. Army. A link to the Wikipedia article on the ENIAC is provided.
"The general's gun was jammed when he tried firing it."
To render the firearm incapable of firing.
It holds the cartridge in place for firing.
It holds the cartridge in place for firing.
In general, it means they do not like you.
The purpose of Beretta's firing pin catch is to prevent the firing pin from going forward from in the event that the pistol is dropped. It's just simply redundancy, every precaution to not put little holes into your body is taken.
The purpose of firing a Canon from a ferry boat was to let the shipping traffic, going up and down the river, no that a vessel was crossing the shipping lane. This method was used before there was radar.
Best left to a gunsmith
P.G.T. Beauregard