ENIAC in action : making and remaking the modern computer

ENIAC in action : making and remaking the modern computer / Thomas Haigh, Mark Priestley, and Crispin Rope.

The history of the first programmable electronic computer, from its conception, construction, and use to its afterlife as a part of computing folklore.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Haigh, Thomas, 1972- (Author), Priestley, Mark (Peter Mark) (Author), Rope, Crispin (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2016]
Series:	History of computing.
Subjects:	Eniac ENIAC (Computer) > History. COMPUTERS > Computer Literacy. COMPUTERS > Computer Science. COMPUTERS > Data Processing. COMPUTERS > Hardware > General. COMPUTERS > Information Technology. COMPUTERS > Machine Theory. COMPUTERS > Reference. ENIAC (Computer) History
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Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments; List of Recurring Characters; Archival Collections Used; Introduction; Imagining ENIAC; Structuring ENIAC; Bringing ENIAC to Life; Putting ENIAC to Work; ENIAC Arrives at the Ballistic Research Lab; EDVAC and the First Draft; Converting ENIAC; ENIAC Goes to Monte Carlo; ENIAC Tries Its Luck; ENIAC Settles Down to Work; ENIAC and Its Contemporaries Meet the "Stored Program Concept"; Remembering ENIAC; Conclusion; Notes; Index.