• DocumentCode
    34616
  • Title

    What Is a Computer? An Answer from the Past

  • Author

    Bergin, Thomas J.

  • Author_Institution
    American Univ., Washington, DC, USA
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    July-Sept. 2014
  • Firstpage
    80
  • Lastpage
    84
  • Abstract
    The definition of the computer has changed over time as it has increased in capacity and capability. This articles contains one of the earliest definitions by J. Presper Eckert, one of the fathers of the computer field. The purpose of this contribution to the Annals is to record in the published literature a press release on the EDVAC II effort from March 1947 when no stored-program computers existed anywhere.
  • Keywords
    computer science; history; Annals; EDVAC II; Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer; computer capability; computer capacity; Computers; History; Armand Adams; EDVAC II; EMCC; J. Presper Eckert; John Mauchly; history of computing; stored-program computers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2014.48
  • Filename
    6880253
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=34616