A Survey of large-scale computers and computer projects, 1953.

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A Survey of large-scale computers and computer projects, 1953.

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The 1953 O.N.R. survey presented data on the nearly 100 automatic digital computers which had developed after 1946. The information was compiled by questionnaire. It included data on storage capability, memory, access time, speed, floor area occupied, cooling, computing time, power consumption, input/output, and date first brought into service.

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Engineering research associates

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Early computer manufacturing firm. From the description of Engineering Research Associates records, 1945-1956. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62435921 During the Second World War, the Navy recognized that the computer, with its ability to rapidly manipulate data streams, was a natural tool for encoding and decoding enemy messages. In 1944 and 1945 it sponsored a number of research projects in this area. Its most successful unit was l...

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The original "Survey of large-scale computers and computer projects" was published by the Office of Naval Research in 1947 and 1948. It was revised and updated in 1950 under the title, HIGH-SPEED COMPUTING DEVICES (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1950). This work was contracted out to the Minneapolis, Minn., firm of Engineering Research Associates and was an attempt to survey the state of computer technology at a time when the Navy was weighing the possibility of supporting the development of the electro...