Albrecht J. Neumann Papers, 1947-1980.

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Albrecht J. Neumann Papers, 1947-1980.

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Consists of subject files created by Neumann that document some aspects of his work with General Electric and other companies in the computer industry and at the National Bureau of Standards. Topics include: the Joint Numerical Weather Prediction Unit, standardization, the ERA 1103 and IBM 701 computers, and the Whirlwind computer project.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7885057

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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United States. National Bureau of Standards.

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After World War II the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) was charged with the task of following developments in computing. In response, NBS began to index and abstract books, journals, reports and other literature covering a broad range of computer-related topics beginning in the mid-1940s. Eventually the enormity of the task forced NBS to abandon this work in 1978. From the description of Computer Literature Collection, 1956-1978. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat re...

General Electric Company

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Neumann, Albrecht J.

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Research and development engineer in the computer industry and later standards specialist for computers with the National Bureau of Standards. From the description of Albrecht J. Neumann Papers, 1947-1980. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63282996 Albrecht J. Neumann received his undergraduate and master's degree in electrical engineering from Columbia University. Neumann's work history included employment at Radio Corporation of America as a resea...

Joint Numerical Weather Prediction Unit (U.S.)

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