DocumentCode
800608
Title
Harley Tillitt and computerized library searching
Author
Segesta, Jim ; Reid-Green, Keith
Volume
24
Issue
3
fYear
2002
Firstpage
23
Lastpage
34
Abstract
Responding to the needs of Korean War defense contractors, IBM built the 701 computer. Although its principal purpose was assisting aerospace research and development, other uses quickly developed. At China Lake Naval Ordnance Test Station, Harley Tillitt proposed an experiment to locate specific documents. The experiment was probably the first use of a computer for a library application.
Keywords
IBM computers; aerospace computing; biographies; history; library automation; mainframes; military computing; China Lake Naval Ordnance Test Station; Harley Tillitt; IBM 701 computer; Korean War defense contractors; aerospace research and development; computerized library searching; document location; history; Aerospace testing; Application software; Central Processing Unit; Computer science education; Lakes; Libraries; Machinery; Military computing; Physics computing; Research and development;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1058-6180
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MAHC.2002.1024760
Filename
1024760
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