Description of the ENIAC and Comments on Electronic Digital Computing Machines

Abstract

Contents: The Need for High Speed General Purpose Computing Machines; Advantages of Electronic Digital Machines; Description of the ENIAC; Design Principles for High Speed Computing Machines; Reliability and Checking; Remarks on Arithmetic Operation of the ENIAC; Remarks on Programming the ENIAC; General Constructional Data on the ENIAC.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 30, 1945
Accession Number
AD0498867

Entities

People

  • H. H. Goldstine
  • J. G. Brainerd
  • J. P. Eckert Jr.
  • J. W. Mauchly

Organizations

  • Moore School of Electrical Engineering

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Arithmetic Units
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Computing Devices
  • Differential Analyzers
  • Differential Equations
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electron Tubes
  • Electronic Circuits
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Equations
  • Mathematics
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Square Roots
  • Transmitters

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Programming and Software Development.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics