• DocumentCode
    931548
  • Title

    Coming to grips with Univac

  • Author

    Johnson, Lyle R.

  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    32
  • Lastpage
    42
  • Abstract
    When it made successful use of magnetic tape, the Univac I pioneered the way for federal and commercial applications with extensive files. But pioneering posed many challenges because technology barely supported the production and introduction of electronic computers. This article is a recollection of efforts the US Air Force made to accommodate and use the first Univac moved out of the factory.
  • Keywords
    digital computers; history; magnetic tapes; US Air Force; Univac I; electronic computers; magnetic tape; Application software; Force measurement; Marine technology; Mathematical model; Military computing; Oceans; Production facilities; Radar tracking; Sea measurements; Statistics; Marshall K. Wood; Pentagon Univac II; Project SCOOP; Simplex method; Uniservo; Univac; Univac Serial 2; Univac factory; Univac maintenance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2006.27
  • Filename
    1631912
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=931548