A method of gating for parallel computers

IN ELECTRONIC digital computers information is stored in registers, which consist of a number of bistable circuits, usually called flip-flops. During the operation of the computer it frequently is necessary to transfer the information from one register to another. In parallel computers the information is transferred simultaneously from all flip-flops along parallel routes. The apparatus which causes the second, or slave register, to be set according to the first, or master register, is called a gate, and the operation is that of reading or gating the master into the slave.