Index
Reading edition
Abacus, 5, 21, 22, 60, 85, 129, 178, 181
Abstracting computer, 245, 248
Accuracy analog computer, 82 digital computer, 87
Ackerman, 110
ADAM computer, 258
Adaptive principle, 205
Adders, 107, 108, 115
Adding machine, 129
Addition, computer, 106
Address, computer, 63
Advertising, use of computer, 180
AID, 183, 184
AIEE, 254
Aiken, 46
Air Force, 6, 132, 133, 151, 160, 182, 225
Airborne computer, 90, 154, 158, 162
AiResearch Mfg. Co., 69
Airline reservations, computer, 58, 183, 184
Algebra, Boolean, 8, 110, 119
Alpha rhythm, 126
Alphanumeric code, 104
American Premium Systems, Inc., 175
Analog computer, 21, 45, 72, 74, 80, 125, 203 direct, 76, 79 direct-current, 76 discrete, 80 indirect, 76, 79 mechanical differential analyzer, 76 scaling, 76
269Analytical engine, 36, 37
AND gate, 112, 113, 117, 119
Antikythera computer, 25
Apollo computer, 182 space vehicle, 169
Applications, digital computer, 92
A priori concept, 126, 135
APT computer, 209
Aquinas, St. Thomas, 235
Arabic numbers, 23
Archytas, 25
Arithmetic unit, computer, 51, 60
Aristotle, 26
Aristotelian logic, 109
Arizona Journal, 179
Army, U. S., 21, 78, 146, 259
Ars Magna, 28, 29
ARTOC, 157
Artron, 136
Ashby, W. Ross, 51, 124, 128, 251
ASC computer, 155
Associated Press computer system, 177
Asynchronous computer, 255
Athena computer, 52
Atlas missile, 4, 168
Atlas-Centaur missile, 169
Atomic Energy Commission, U. S., 149
Automatic control, 80, 203 pilot, 203
Automation, 26, 80, 173, 181, 201, 202, 203, 211, 217
Automaton, 26
270Auto-parking, use of computer, 178
Autonetics, 207
AUTOPROMPT computer, 210
AUTOTAG, 156
AutoTutor teaching machine, 213, 225
B-29, 45, 77, 82
Babbage, 5, 35, 37, 41, 51
Babylonian arithmetic, 23
Ballistic computer, 83
Banking, 1, 172, 173
Bar Association, American, 152, 249
Battelle Memorial Institute, 195
Batten, Barton, Durstine, & Osborn, 180
Bell Telephone Laboratories, 4, 147, 241
Bendix Corp., 182, 190, 218
Bendix G-15 computer, 183, 188
Bernal, J. D., 264
Bernstein, Alex, 141
Bettelheim, Bruno, 144
BIAX memory units, 10
Bierce, Ambrose, 43, 121
BINAC computer, 7, 47
Binary, 98 digit, 55, 104 notation, 101, 103 pure, 102, 104 system, 85, 97, 99 variables, 114
Bionics, 7, 132, 135, 255
BIRDIE, 259
Birds, counting, 18
Bit, 55, 104
“Black box” concept, 50, 115
BLADES system, 191
Block diagram, 58
BMEWS, 159
Boeing Airplane Co., 186
Boltzmann equation, 158
Bomarc missile, 186
Book of Contemplation, 27
Book of Knowledge, 6, 226
Boole, George, 38, 110
Boolean algebra, 38, 110, 119
Bradbury, Ray, 153, 257
Brain, 121
Brain computer, 128, 129, 130 human, 87, 125, 128
BRAINIAC computer, 88, 117
271Britton, Lionel, 121
Buffer computer, 55 lexical, 238
Buildings, automation of, 217
Burack, Benjamin, 44
Bureau of Mines, U. S., 189
Bureau of Ships, U. S., 255
Burke, Edmund, 32
Burkhart, William, 45
Bush, Vannevar, 13, 45, 76
Business, computer in, 171
Business management, use of computer, 12, 143
Butler, Samuel, 32, 33, 121, 252, 268
CALCULO computer, 75
Calculus Ratiocinator, 109
Calendars as computers, 24
California Institute of Technology, 169
Cancer Society, American, 193
Candide, 30
Capek, Karel, 43, 121, 215
Caplin, Mortimer, 150
Carroll, Lewis, 38, 118
CDC 1604 computer, 165
Celanese Corp. of America, 207
Celestial simulator, 85
Census, 41
Census Bureau, U. S., 149
Chain circuit, 127
Characteristica Universalis, 109
Charactron tube, 66
Checkers (game), 8, 143
Checking, computer, 60
Checkout computer, 183
Chemical Corp., 249
Chess, 8, 9, 16, 35, 99, 142, 156
Circuit chain, 127 delay-line, 63 flip-flop, 63, 115 molecular, 9, 253 printed, 62 reverberation, 128
Clapp, Verner, 248
Clarke, Arthur C., 265
CLASS teaching machine system, 226-228
Clock, 20, 24, 56, 85
COBOL language, 234
272Code, computer binary-coded decimal, 103, 106 binary-octal, 106 economy, 106 excess-3, 105, 114 “Gray,” 106 reflected binary, 106 self-checking, 105
Color computer, 4
Commercial Art, 175
Commission on Professional and Hospital Activity, 194
Communication, use of computers, 179
Computer ADAM, 258 addition, 106 airborne, 90, 154, 158, 162 analog, 21, 45, 72, 74, 80, 125, 203 direct, 76, 79 direct-current, 76 discrete, 80 indirect, 76, 79 mechanical differential analyzer, 76 scaling, 76 Antikythera, 25 Apollo, 182 space vehicle, 169 applications, digital, 92 ASCC, 155 asynchronous, 255 Athena, 52 ballistic, 83 Bendix G-15, 183, 188 BINAC, 7, 47 BRAINIAC, 88, 117 CALCULO, 75 CLASS, 226-228 code, binary-coded decimal, 103, 106 color, 4 definition, 129 dictionary, 49, 50 difference engine, 5, 35 digital, 18, 45, 73, 84, 125, 203 division, 107 do-it-yourself, 75, 88, 117, 147 electrical-analog, 75 electronic, 1, 46, 122, 151 ENIAC, 7, 40, 46, 85, 215 ERMA, 173 273family tree, 86 FINDER system, 161 flow chart, 58, 59 GE 210, 172 GE 225, 245 general-purpose, 54, 81, 191 gigacycle, 254 “Hand,” 132, 214, 215 household, 15, 257 hybrid, 80, 84, 92 ILLIAC, 197 input, 51, 54, 125 JOHNNIAC, 11, 47, 129, 140, 142 language, 233 LARC, 47, 162, 191 LGP-30, 198 limitations, 89 MANIAC, 47, 156, 165 Memex, 13 mill, 38, 51, 60 MIPS, 159 MOBIDIC, 157 MUSE, 48 music, 11, 92, 196, 257 on-line, 81, 205 on-stream, 83, 207 output, 51, 65, 125 parts, 50, 52, 53 problem-solving, 140, 143 Psychological Matrix Rotation, 78, 94 Q-5, 77 RAMAC, 150, 151, 198, 199 Range Keeper Mark I, 42 RAYDAC, 260 RCA 501, 151 “real-time,” 78, 168, 202, 205 RECOMP, 47 revolution, 251 Sabre, 183 SAGE, 3, 12, 37, 53, 158, 159, 226, 259 sequential, 126 “Shoebox,” 242 “software,” 54 spaceborne, 167 special-purpose, 79 SSEC, 155, 156 Stone Age, 21 store, 36, 62 STRETCH, 47, 48 274subtraction, 106 testing, 117 UNIVAC, 47, 149, 151, 171, 221 VIDIAC, character-generator, 242 Zuse L23, 199
Computer Control Co., 260
Conjunctive operation, 37, 51, 110
Consciousness, 144, 145, 267
Continuous analog computer, 80
Continuous digital computer, 80
Continuous quantity, 73
Control, computer, 51, 56
Control Data Corp., 194
Conversion analog-to-digital, 74 digital-to-analog, 74
Converters, 94
Cook, William W., 29
Copland, Aaron, 11, 196
Cornell Medical College, 123
Cornell University, 133
Corrigan Communications, 231
Council on Library Resources, 248
Counting Australian, 20 birds, 18 boards, 20 digital, 84 machines, 20 man, 19 modulo-, 97, 101
Credit card, 13, 256
Cryogenics, 70 components, 63
Cryotron, 9, 88, 141, 254, 255
Cybertron, 135, 139
Cyborg, 265
Daedalus, 18
Darwin, Charles, 32, 137, 252
Data link, 14, 185, 256 logger, 205 processing, 22, 171, 264 recording media, 57
Daystrom, Inc., 211
Dead Sea Scrolls, 235
Decimal system, 19
Decision-making, 91
Defense, use of computer, 259
Delay-line circuit, 63
275DeMorgan, Augustus, 38, 110, 115
Department of Commerce, U. S., 149, 221
Department of Defense, U. S., 148, 234
Design, use of computer, 14, 172, 186, 268
Desk calculator, 51
Diagnostic use of computer, 194
Diamond Ordnance Fuze Laboratory, U. S. Army, 69
Dictionary, computer, 49, 50
DIDAK teaching machine, 224
Difference engine, 5, 35
Digiflex trainer, 225
Digital computer, 18, 45, 73, 84, 125, 203
Digital differential analyzer, 94
Digitronics, 236
Discrete quantity, 73
Disjunctive operation, 110
Division, computer, 107
Dodgson, Charles L., 38
Do-it-yourself computer, 75, 88, 117, 147
Douglas Aircraft Co., 65
Dow Chemical Corp., 208
Du Pont Corp., 208
Dunsany, Lord, 108
Eccles-Jordan circuit, 47
Eckert, J. Presper, 47, 85
EDGE computer system, 185
Education, use of computers, 219
Elan vital, 127
Election, use of computers, 150
Electric Questionnaire, 133
Electric utilities, use of computers, 93, 208
Electrical-analog computer, 75
Electrical logic machine, 44
Electronic computers, 1, 46, 122, 151
Elephant, compared with computer, 56
Encyclopedia Britannica, 6, 226
ENIAC computer, 7, 40, 46, 85, 215
Erewhon, 32, 121
ERMA computer, 173
Ernst, Heinrich, 132, 215
Euler, 142, 143, 163
EURATOM, 158
276Family tree, computer, 86
Farnsworth Car Pool logic problem, 116, 118
Farrington Electronics, Inc., 240
Federal Aviation Authority, 149, 161
Federal Government, 148
Feedback principle, 36, 204
Fein, Louis, 260
Fermat’s theorem, 56
Ferranti, Ltd., 182
Ferrite cores, 9, 63, 131, 253
FIELDATA computer family, 157
FINDER computer system, 161
Finn, James D., 224
Flexibility of digital computer, 89
Flight simulator, 83
Flip-flop circuit, 47, 63, 115 fluid, 70
Floating-point arithmetic, 108
Flow chart, computer, 58, 59
Flyball governor, 36, 203
Fluid computer, 70
Food Machinery Corp., 249
Ford Instrument Co., 42
Forrester, J. W., 199
Fortune, 245
Frankenstein, 42, 212
Freed, Roy, 152
Free learning, 7
Freight trains controlled by computer, 211
Game-playing, 8, 12, 143
Gaming theory, 92
Gardner, Martin, 140
GE 210 computer, 172
GE 225 computer, 245
General Dynamics Corp., 169, 183, 256
General Electric Co., 10, 45, 67, 76, 77, 79, 171, 172, 240
General Motors Corp., 218
General Precision, Inc., 69
General-purpose computer, 81, 85, 191
Gestalt principle, 241
Giant Brain, 121
Gigacycle computer, 254
Gilfillan Radio, 67
Glenn, John, 3
Go (game), 143
Goal-seeking behavior, 124
277Gödel, Kurt, 135
“Golem,” 27
Goodrich Tire & Rubber Co., 188
Goodyear Aircraft Corp., 77 Tire & Rubber Co., 208
Goren, Charles, 226
Government, 258, 263
Greek numbers, 23
Grieg, 11
Grimaldi, 99
Gulliver’s Travels, 30
Half-adder, 107, 115
Hamilton, Sir William, 109
“Hand” computer, 132, 214, 215
Handwriting reader, 241
Harcourt-Brace, 226
Harvard Business Review, 171, 172
Harvard University, 132, 217, 224
Hawkeye aircraft computer, 162
Heath, D. C., and Co., 226
HAYSTAQ, 249
Heikolator computer, 195
Hero, 18
Heuristics, 56, 142
High-school computer training, 15, 220
High-temperature susceptibility, 69
Hilbert, David, 110
Hiller, Lejaren A., Jr., 197
Hindu numbers, 23
HIPO system, 195
Hippo problem, 155
Hoffman Electronics Corp., 267
Holland, James, 224
Hollerith coding, 42
Hollerith, Herman, 2, 41, 54, 148
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 109
Homeostat, 124
Homer, 26, 47
Hood, H. P. & Sons, 206
Hoover Commission, 149
Hourglass, 24
Household computer, 15, 257
Hughes Aircraft Co., 203, 215, 222
Hugo, Victor, 251
Hybrid computer, 80, 84, 92
IBM cards, 41
IBM 704 computer, 8
IBM 1401 computer, 175
278IBM 1620 computer, 177
IBM 7074 computer, 175
Icarus, 18
Ice cream, computer-made, 206
ILLIAC computer, 197
“Illiac Suite,” 196, 197
Iliad, 26, 235
India, chess legend, 99
Industrial Advertising Research Institute, 180
Industrial revolution, 173
Industry, 181
“Inflexible Logic,” 32
Information explosion, 245
Information retrieval, 14, 243, 246, 247
Input, computer, 51, 54, 125
Instamatic computer system, 183
Insurance, use of computer, 92, 173
Intellectronics, 258, 262
Intelligence, 124, 135
Interagency Data Processing Committee, 148
Internal Revenue Department, U. S., 150
International Air Transport Association, 235
International Association of Machinists, 218
International Business Machines Corp., 69, 237, 247, 255
Interlingua, 237
Inventory, 176, 185
Inverter, 114, 119
IRE, 170
Isaacson, L. M., 197
Jacquard, Joseph M., 4, 34, 41, 54, 202, 242
Jet engine simulator, 78
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 169
Jevons, William S., 40
JOHNNIAC computer, 11, 47, 129, 140, 142
Johnson’s Wax Co., 178
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., 188, 189, 205
Journalistor, 64, 252
Kalin, Theodore, 45, 135
Kalin-Burkhart machine, 45
Kane, Sydney, 193
279Kant, Immanuel, 135
Kelvin, Lord, 75
Kelvin wheels, 76
Khayyám, Omar, 108
KNXT, television station, 179
Kresge Eye Institute, 195
Kyoto University, 243
Lamb, Sydney, 238
Language, computer, 233
LARC computer, 47, 162, 191
Law, 232
Law Institute, American, 152
Learning, 123 forced, 133, 134 free, 7, 133 reinforced, 134 soldered, 7, 133
Learning, Inc., 226
Leibnitz, Gottfried, 24, 29, 85, 99, 109, 120
Lenkurt Electric Co., Inc., 190
LGP-30 computer, 198
Library, use of computers, 231
Limitations of computers, 89
Lincoln Laboratory, 124
Lindgren, Astrid, 3
Literature, computers in, 30
Litton Industries, 128
Livanov, M., 133
Lockheed Aircraft Corp., 185, 248
Logarithms, 30
Logic, 38, 90, 108, 229 Aristotelian, 109 Farnsworth problem, 116, 118 mathematical, 110 symbolic, 38, 109, 110, 115, 248, 255 unit, 60
Logical algebra, 40, 108 piano, 40
Loom, Jacquard, 34
Loy, W. D., 23
Luhn, H. P., 247
Lull, Ramon, 27, 28, 122
Lull’s wheel, 28
Machine Design, 180
Machine shop, use of computers, 209
Machine Translations, Inc., 239
MAD, computer language, 220
Maelzel chess automaton, 35
280Magic squares, 142
Magnetic cores, 64
Magnetic disc, 63
Magnetic drum, 63
Magnetic films, 88, 255
Magnetic ink, 3, 240
Magnetic tape, 55
Majority rule checking, 60
Malin, David, 220, 221
Maloney, Russell, 32
Management games, 199
MANIAC computer, 47, 156, 165
Man-machine relationship, 258
Mark I computer, 46, 219
Marquand, Allan, 40, 44
Matsuzake, Kiyoshi, 21
Mauchly, John, 47, 85
Mayans, 24, 97
McCarthy, John, 170
McDonnell Aircraft Corp., 186
McDonough, James, 235
McDougall, W., 124
McGraw-Hill Book Co., 226
Mechanical-relay, 122
Mediation principle, 102
Medical diagnosis, 257
Medical Research Foundation, American, 193
Medical use of computers, 193
MEDLARS system, 194
Memex computer, 13
“Memistor,” 137
Memory computer, 51, 63, 254 BIAX, 10 MIND, 137 molecular, 64 scratch-pad, 63 unit, 62
Mercury space capsule, 168, 249
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, 236
Michigan State University, 151
MICR, 240
“Mill,” computer, 38, 51, 60
MIND memory unit, 137
Minneapolis-Honeywell Co., 162, 206, 208, 216
Minimax theory, 156
Minuteman missile, 4, 137, 168
MIPS computer, 159
MIT, 44, 169, 209, 215, 220
Mobot, 145, 215, 216, 266
281MOBIDIC computer, 157
Modeling principle, 83
Modular approach, 115, 116
Molecular block memory, 64
Molecular circuit, 9, 253
Molecular electronics, 9
Monsanto Chemical Corp., 208
“Mooer’s” Law, 245
Morse code, 99
Mozart, 11, 197
Multiplication computer, 61, 107 Russian peasant, 103
MUSE computer, 48
Music, 11, 92, 196, 257
Nanosecond, 61
NANWEP, 165
Napier, John, 30
“Napier’s bones,” 30
National Library of Medicine, 194
NASA, 149
National Bureau of Standards, 94, 239, 249, 258
National Cash Register Co., The, 240
National Science Foundation, 158, 249
Navigation, use of computer, 182
Navy, U. S., 162
Negation principle, 113, 114
Neuristor, 137
Neurons human, 91, 125, 128, 135 artificial, 136, 138
Newell, Allen, 141, 251
Newton, Isaac, 30
New York University, 194, 220
Nike missile, 119, 157, 191
Nim (game), 8, 143
NORAD, 3, 160, 258
North American Aviation Corp., 65, 185
Numbers cuneiform, 23 Arabic, 23 Babylonian, 23 binary, 55 discrete, 73 Greek, 23 Hindu, 23 pure binary, 102, 104 Roman, 23, 97
282Numerical control, 210
Numerical weather prediction, 163
Odyssey, 235
Ohio State University, 222
On-line computers, 81, 205
On-stream computers, 83, 207
On the Origin of Species, 32
Operant reinforcement, 223
Operations research, 36, 155, 256
Optical scanning, 240
OR gate, 112, 113, 117, 119
Outline of Psychology, 124
Output, computer, 51, 65, 125
Packaging density, 9, 140
Paper tape, 54
Papermaking, 209
Paradox, 45
Parallel addition, 107
Parallel operation, 126
Parametron, 255
Parity bit checking, 105
Parrish, Stephen Maxfield, 235
Pascal, Blaise, 30, 85
Patent Office, U. S., 249
Pauling, Linus, 7, 268
Pavlov, 133
Peace Corps, 149, 258
Peale, Mundy, 125
PEP system, 186
Perceptron, 7, 8, 134, 135
PERT system, 186
Petroleum industry, 208
Philadelphia Electric Co., 208
Philco Corp., 240
Phillips Petroleum Co., 207
Phonetic typewriter, 56
Picatinny Arsenal, 157
Pierce, John R., 147, 197
Pitt, William, 39
Plato, 25, 30
PLATO computer system, 25, 226
Player-piano, 54, 68
“Plot Genii,” 29
Plotto, 29
Pneumatic buffering, 69
Pneumatic capacitor, 69
Pneumatic computer, 54, 68, 69
Pneumatic diode, 69
Pneumatic flip-flop, 69
Pneumatic inductor, 69
283Poetry computer, 144
Polaris missile, 4, 162, 168
Polymorphic data-processing, 264
Post office, 55, 149, 225
Potentiometers, 76
Predictive analysis, 238
Predictive control, 205
Prentice-Hall, Inc., 226
President, 16, 258
Pressey, Sydney, 222
Prices, computer, 5, 48, 147
Primitive equations, 163
Principia Mathematica, 110
Printed-circuit, 62
Printers, 65, 66
Prison, use of computers, 221
Problem-solving computer, 140, 143
Process control, 83
Procter & Gamble, 249
Program, 52, 226
Programmer, 55, 56, 103, 104, 128, 233
Programming, 36, 55
Psychological Matrix Rotation Computer, 78, 94
Public Health Service, U. S., 194
Pueblo Indians, 97
Punched cards, 2, 34, 41, 42, 43, 54
Purdue University, 76, 220
Pure binary, 102, 104
Q-5 computer, 77
Radcliffe College, 224
Radiation effects, 69
RAMAC computer, 150, 151, 198, 199
Ramo, Simon, 258, 262
Rand Corp., 11, 129
Random-access memory, 63, 131
Random net, 136
Range Keeper Mark I computer, 42
RAYDAC computer, 260
Raytheon Co., 135, 136
RCA, 205, 218, 255
RCA 501 computer, 151
Reading, by computer, 3, 55, 229
Reader’s Digest, 236
Real estate, 179
“Real-time” computers, 78, 168, 202, 205
RECOMP computer, 47
284Reeves Instrument Co., 77
Republic Aviation Corp., 125
Reservations, airline, 3
Reverberation circuit, 128
Revolution, computer, 251
Rheem Califone, 224
Richardson, L. F., 163
Road to Oz, The, 27
Robot, 44, 212
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, 194
Roman numerals, 23, 97
Rosenblatt, Frank, 133, 135
Ross, Douglas, 209
Rossby, C. G., 165
Royal McBee, Corp., 220
Royal Society, 251
Rubáiyát, 108
R.U.R., 44, 121
Russia, 11, 77, 133, 143, 195, 207, 215, 221, 236, 242
Russian peasant multiplication, 103
Russell, Bertrand, 110, 111, 130
Sabre computer, 183
SAC, 160, 161
SAGE computer, 3, 12, 37, 53, 158, 159, 226, 259
Samuel, Arthur, 251
Sara Lee Bakeries, 206
Sausage making by computer, 179
Scaling, analog computer, 76
Scientific American, 140, 239
“Sea Wolf” testing by computer, 162
Second industrial revolution, 171
Self-reproducing machines, 33, 268
Selfridge, Oliver, 124
Sequential computers, 126
Sex and numbers, 19
Shannon, Claude, 44, 110, 215
Shelley, Mary W., 42
“Shoebox” computer, 242
Sidewinder missile, 160
Signal Corps, U. S. A., 77
Simon, Herbert, 141
Simulator, 79, 169, 187, 189
Simulmatics Corp., 181
Simultaneous linear equations, 77
Skinner, B. F., 133, 223, 230
Skybolt missile, 160
Slide rule, 7, 85
Smee, Alfred, 121
285Social Security, 149
“Software,” computer, 54
Solartron-John Brown, Ltd., 174
Sonotype, 243
Son pan, 23
“Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” 27
Soroban, 5, 22
Southern Methodist University, 179
Spaceborne computers, 167
Space flight, 3, 92
SPADATS system, 160
Special-purpose computers, 79
Speech computer, 242
Sperry Rand Corp., 255
Sports, use of computers, 198
SSEC computer, 155, 156
Standard Oil Co. of California, 207
Stanhope, Earl of, 39 demonstrator, 40
Stapledon, Olaf, 265
Steel mill, 189, 204
Steele, J. E., 132
Stock Exchange, American, 176
Stock market, 176, 177
Stone Age computer, 21
“Store” computer, 36, 62
Stravinsky, Igor, 197
STRETCH computer, 47, 48
Stromberg-Carlson, 191
“Subroutine” computer program, 59
Subtraction, computer, 106
Sumerian cuneiform, 23
Sundial, 24
Sun Oil Co., 208
Supermarket, use of computers, 13, 174
Surveyor space vehicle, 169
Swift, Jonathan, 30
Switch, statistical, 137
Syllogism, 26, 109
Symbiosis, 265
Symbolic logic, 38, 109, 110, 115, 248, 255
Synnoetics, 260
SYNTAC, 150
Synthetic rubber production, 208
System Development Corp., 156, 220, 226
Szoeny refinery, 207
Tabula rasa, 126
Tallies, 20
286Tape memory, 64 magnetic, 54 paper, 54
TASCON, 180
Taylor, Frederick W., 171
Teaching machines, 6, 100, 222, 225 AutoTutor, 213, 225 CLASS, 226, 227, 228 DIDAK, 224 Digiflex, 225 PLATO, 226 Pressey, S., 222 Skinner, B. F., 133, 223, 230 Videosonic, 222
Technical Information Service, 249
Technical Operations, Inc., 150
Telecredit, 179
Teleflite, 183
Testing computers, 117
Texas Company, The, 208
Thinking, 123 molecular theory of, 268
Thompson Ramo Wooldridge, Inc., 226, 258
Thomson, James, 75
Thomson & McKinnon, 177
Thor missile, 167
Tick-tack-toe, 8, 143
Tik-Tok, 27
Titan missile, 168
TMI Grolier, 226
Torres y Quevedo, L., 35
Trading stamps with computers, 175
Traffic control, 218
Trains, 215
Transcontinental & Western Air Lines, 186
TransfeRobot, 4, 213, 217
Transportation, 181
Transistors, 9, 87, 144
Translation computer, 91, 92, 237
Traveling-wave tube, 255
Truth tables, 110, 112
Tunnel diode, 255te
Turing, A. M., 191
TutorText, 226
UNESCO, 236
Unimate, 4, 212, 213
Union Carbide, 208
Unitary system, 97
287Unicall, 243
United Air Lines, 182, 183
United States Industries, Inc., 213, 218, 225
UNIVAC computer, 47, 149, 151, 171, 221
University of California, 76
University of California at Berkeley, 238
University of California at Los Angeles, 133, 219
University of Illinois, 78
University of London, 8
University of Michigan, 135, 220
University of Pennsylvania, 46
University of Philadelphia, 193
University of Southern California, 225
University of Washington, 152
Upjohn Co., The, 127
Vacuum tubes, 9, 63, 114, 122
van Vogt, A. E., 267
Venn, John, 29, 38
Videosonic trainer, 222
VIDIAC character-generator, 242
Vitruvius, 25
Vocal computer, 67
Voltaire, 29
Voltmeter, 76
von Braun, Wernher, 168
von Kempelen, Wolfgang, 35
von Neumann, John, 130, 137, 156, 251, 253
Wall Street, 6, 176
Walter, Grey, 251
Walnut information retrieval system, 246, 247
War strategy, 143
Water clock, 24
Watt, James, 36, 203
Way of All Flesh, The, 32
Wearever Aluminum Co., 236
Weather Bureau, U. S., 166
Weather map, 164
Weather prediction, 15, 163
Wells, H. G., 13, 121
Werner, Gerhard, 123
Western Electric Co., 212
Western Reserve University, 245
288Westinghouse Corp., 76, 211, 218
Whitehead, A. N., 110, 130
Wiener, Norbert, 123, 251
Williams, John, 268
Wood, Tom, 21
World Brain, 13
Wright Brothers, 18
X-15 aircraft, 71, 160
Young & Rubicam, 181
Zero, concept of, 24
Zuse L23 computer, 199
Zworykin, Vladimir, 194
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