Title :
Early digital computers at Bell Telephone Laboratories
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;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE