• DocumentCode
    1106724
  • Title

    The ENIAC, the verb “to program” and the emergence of digital computers

  • Author

    Grier, David Alan

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. Honors Program, George Washington Univ., Washington, DC, USA
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1996
  • Firstpage
    51
  • Lastpage
    55
  • Abstract
    This paper examines the verb “to program” in the context of the ENIAC development to see what light it can shed on the development of the concept, both for the ENIAC and for subsequent stored program computers
  • Keywords
    computers; digital computers; history; linguistics; programming; ENIAC; digital computers; history; programming; stored program computers; Cables; Centralized control; Heart; Humans; Investments; Laboratories; Mathematics; Programming profession; Signal processing; Vocabulary;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/85.476561
  • Filename
    476561
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1106724