• DocumentCode
    994708
  • Title

    The BINAC: A Case Study in the History of Technology

  • Author

    Stern, Nancy

  • Volume
    1
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1979
  • Firstpage
    9
  • Lastpage
    20
  • Abstract
    The BINAC, short for Binary Automatic Computer, was developed by John Presper Eckert, Jr. and John William Mauchly during the years 1947-1949 under a contract with the Northrop Aircraft Corporation. It became the first operational stored program computer completed in the United States. This paper provides an historical analysis of the BINAC and the issues relating to its development. It also considers factors relating to the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation and its ultimate acquisition by Remington Rand.
  • Keywords
    Aerospace electronics; Automatic control; Distributed computing; Educational institutions; Electron tubes; History; Military computing; Technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0164-1239
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.1979.10005
  • Filename
    4392879
    • Link To Document
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