• DocumentCode
    1527776
  • Title

    Early digital computers at Bell Telephone Laboratories

  • Author

    Irvine, M.M.

  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2001
  • Firstpage
    22
  • Lastpage
    42
  • Abstract
    This article relates highlights from the digital computer development activities at Bell Telephone Laboratories for roughly the period 1937-1958. The history begins with a researcher using relays to build a binary adder on his home kitchen table, continues with relay computers designed for military use, and culminates with computers developed after Bell Labs invented the transistor
  • Keywords
    digital computers; history; laboratories; military computing; Bell Telephone Laboratories; binary adder; digital computer development; history; military systems; relay computers; Calculators; Digital relays; History; Home computing; Laboratories; Military computing; Telegraphy; Telephony; Teleprinting; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/85.948904
  • Filename
    948904
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1527776