DocumentCode :
994853
Title :
A Trilogy on Errors in the History of Computing
Author :
Metropolis, N. ; Worlton, J.
Volume :
2
Issue :
1
fYear :
1980
Firstpage :
49
Lastpage :
59
Abstract :
This article identifies published errors and misunderstandings in three areas of the history of computing and provides the results of research intended to correct these errors. The three areas addressed are: (1) awareness of the work of Charles Babbage among the originators of modern computers; (2) the origins of the stored-program concept; (3) the distinction between the MANIAC and the IAS machine. The conclusions reached are: (1) some of the originators of modern computers were indeed aware of the work of Babbage, but some were not; (2) the stored-program concept was an integral part of the EDVAC design, the result of the work of the ENIAC design team; (3) the term MANIAC was properly applied only to the computer designed and built at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, not to the IAS machine.
Keywords :
Computer errors; Error correction; History; Information processing; Microwave integrated circuits;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0164-1239
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.1980.10007
Filename :
4392895
Link To Document :
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