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Computers Then and Now

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Maurice V. WilkesAuthors Info & Claims

Journal of the ACM (JACM), Volume 15, Issue 1

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https://doi.org/10.1145/321439.321440

Published: 01 January 1968 Publication History

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Reminiscences on the early developments leading to large scale electronic computers show that it took much longer than was expected for the first of the more ambitious and fully engineered computers to be completed and prove themselves in practical operation. Comments on the present computer field assess the needs for future development.

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Computers Then and Now
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. History of computing

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Journal of the ACM Volume 15, Issue 1

Jan. 1968

163 pages

ISSN:0004-5411

EISSN:1557-735X

DOI:10.1145/321439

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Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

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Published: 01 January 1968

Published in JACM Volume 15, Issue 1

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