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Author(s): Russell Kirsch

Publication date: September 2000

Citation: Russell Kirsch: "Development of Computers at the National Bureau of Standards," To appear in the NBS/NIST Classic Publication Volume, September, 2000.

Key words: electronic computers, Standards Electronic Automatic Computer (SEAC)

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Abstract:
The first fully operational, automatic, electronic computer in the United States was built at the National Bureau of Standards. The Standards Electronic Automatic Computer (SEAC) began productive computation in May 1950. Although originally intended as an "interim" computer, it had a productive life of 14 years with a profound effect on all of US Government computing, the extension of the use of computers into previously unknown applications, and the further development of computing machines in industry and academia.

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