Makin' numbers [[electronic resource] ] : Howard Aiken and the computer / / edited by I. Bernard Cohen and Gregory W. Welch with the cooperation of Robert V.D. Campbell
| Makin' numbers [[electronic resource] ] : Howard Aiken and the computer / / edited by I. Bernard Cohen and Gregory W. Welch with the cooperation of Robert V.D. Campbell |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | xvii, 279 p. : ill |
| Disciplina |
004/.092
B |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CohenI. Bernard <1914-2003.>
WelchGregory W CampbellRobert V. D |
| Collana | History of computing |
| Soggetto topico |
Computer engineers - United States
Computers - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-262-27057-9
0-585-13043-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455973303321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c1999 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Makin' numbers [[electronic resource] ] : Howard Aiken and the computer / / edited by I. Bernard Cohen and Gregory W. Welch with the cooperation of Robert V.D. Campbell
| Makin' numbers [[electronic resource] ] : Howard Aiken and the computer / / edited by I. Bernard Cohen and Gregory W. Welch with the cooperation of Robert V.D. Campbell |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | xvii, 279 p. : ill |
| Disciplina |
004/.092
B |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CohenI. Bernard <1914-2003.>
WelchGregory W CampbellRobert V. D |
| Collana | History of computing |
| Soggetto topico |
Computer engineers - United States
Computers - History |
| ISBN |
0-262-27057-9
0-585-13043-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778629703321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c1999 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Makin' numbers : Howard Aiken and the computer / / edited by I. Bernard Cohen and Gregory W. Welch with the cooperation of Robert V.D. Campbell
| Makin' numbers : Howard Aiken and the computer / / edited by I. Bernard Cohen and Gregory W. Welch with the cooperation of Robert V.D. Campbell |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | xvii, 279 p. : ill |
| Disciplina |
004/.092
B |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CohenI. Bernard <1914-2003.>
WelchGregory W CampbellRobert V. D |
| Collana | History of computing |
| Soggetto topico |
Computer engineers - United States
Computers - History |
| ISBN |
0-262-27057-9
0-585-13043-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Makin' Numbers -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Name "Mark I" -- Makin' Numbers -- Introducing Howard Aiken -- Aiken's Machines -- Proposed Automatic Calculating Machine -- Aiken's First Machine: The IBM ASCC/Harvard Mark I -- Constructing the IBM ASCC (Harvard Mark I) -- Programming Mark I -- Mark II, an Improved Mark I -- Aiken's Alternative Number System -- Aiken's Program of Instruction and Training -- Aiken and the Harvard "Comp Lab" -- Aiken as a Teacher -- Aiken's Program in a Harvard Setting -- Recollections -- Commander Aiken and My Favorite Computer -- Reminiscences of Aiken during World War II and Later -- Reminiscences of the Boss -- A View from Overseas -- Aiken at Home, 1973 -- In His Own Words -- Aiken in His Own Words -- Appendixes -- Speciªcations of Aiken's Four Machines -- Aiken's Doctoral Students and Their Dissertations -- Index. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Making numbers |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910954295903321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c1999 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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