Coming to Grips with Univac

  • Authors:

  • Lyle R. Johnson

  • Affiliations:

  • -

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
  • Year:
  • 2006

  • Linear Programming

    Operations Research

  • The UNIVAC system

    AIEE-IRE '51 Papers and discussions presented at the Dec. 10-12, 1951, joint AIEE-IRE computer conference: Review of electronic digital computers

  • Experience on the Air Force UNIVAC

    AIEE-IRE '53 (Eastern) Papers and discussions presented at the Dec. 8-10, 1953, eastern joint AIEE-IRE computer conference: information processing systems---reliability and requirements

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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 technologybarely supported the production and introduction of electronic computers. Here is a recollection ofefforts the US Air Force made to accommodate and use the first Univac moved out of the factory.