fire-control computer

fire-control computer

[′fīr kən‚trōl kəm‚pyüd·ər]
(ordnance)
A computer used to guide a fire-control system.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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