DocumentCode
1156360
Title
MESM and the Beginning of the Computer Era in the Soviet Union
Author
Fitzpatrick, Anne ; Berkovich, Simon ; Berkovich, Simon
Author_Institution
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC
Volume
28
Issue
3
fYear
2006
Firstpage
4
Lastpage
16
Abstract
The MESM - Malaya Elektronnaya Schetnaya Mashina (small electronic computing machine) - was the first computer built in the USSR. This history of early Soviet computers examines the technical characteristics of the machines and the background of Soviet computer development
Keywords
digital computers; history; MESM computer; Soviet computer development; small electronic computing machine; technical machine characteristics; Biographies; Biological materials; Books; Cybernetics; Documentation; History; Information technology; Instruments; Magnetic heads; Military computing; MESM; USSR computers; first generation computers; stored program concept;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1058-6180
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MAHC.2006.53
Filename
1677456
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