Technical documents, 1946-1975.

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Technical documents, 1946-1975.

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The technical document series describes thirty-five years of research and development (1946-1975) at Sperry's Univac Division. The file is arranged chronologically and documents the development of the company's major computer systems. There are progress reports and technical descriptions for the UNIVAC I, II, III, the File Computer, the 100 series, the LARC, the 490, and the solid-state systems of the 1960s and 1970s. This series also includes the records of the St. Paul, Minnesota, technical operating group (1958-1959) which describes Sperry's work with the Defense Department on the Nike-Zeus project. In addition, there are reports from the Norwalk Laboratory and the Sperry Research Center (Sudbury, Massachusetts) which document research on the computer applications of lasers, radar, and microwave.

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Norris, William C., 1911-2006

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Mauchly, John W. (John William), 1907-1980

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Hopper, Grace Murray, 1906-1992

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Grace Brewster Murray Hopper (née Murray December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral. One of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, she was a pioneer of computer programming who invented one of the first linkers. Hopper was the first to devise the theory of machine-independent programming languages, and the FLOW-MATIC programming language she created using this theory was later extended to create COBOL, an early high-l...

Remington Rand, Inc. Univac Division.

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Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957

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John (Johann) Louis von Neumann (1903-1957) was born in Budapest and showed early signs of being a child prodigy. He entered the University of Budapest in 1921, but also attended the University of Berlin and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology before obtaining a degree in chemical engineering in 1925. He earned his Doctorate in Mathematics from the University of Budapest in 1927. After graduation, he worked at the University of Berlin before becoming a visiting professor to Princeton from ...

Sperry Rand Corporation. Univac Division

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The Honeywell-Sperry Rand suit grew out of the ENIAC patent which covered basic patents relating to the design of electronic digital computers. Sperry Rand was the defendant in the case. From the description of Honeywell v. Sperry litigation records, 1947-1972. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63306806 Computer hardware and software manufacturer. From the description of Sperry Rand Corporation Univac Division employee rosters, 1946- 197...

Eckert, J. Presper (John Presper), 1919-1995

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Sperry Rand Corporation. Univac Division

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The Honeywell-Sperry Rand suit grew out of the ENIAC patent which covered basic patents relating to the design of electronic digital computers. Sperry Rand was the defendant in the case. From the description of Honeywell v. Sperry litigation records, 1947-1972. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63306806 Computer hardware and software manufacturer. From the description of Sperry Rand Corporation Univac Division employee rosters, 1946- 197...