Electronic computing circuits of the ENIAC. Offprint

Burks, Arthur W.

Publication Date: 1947

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Burks, Arthur W. (1915-2008). Electronic computing circuits of the ENIAC. Offprint from Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers 35 (August 1947). 756-767pp. Text diagrams. Original printed self-wrappers. Lightly creased in one corner, small tear in first leaf, but very good. First Edition, Offprint Issue. Burks was a senior engineer on the team that developed the world s first general-purpose electronic computer, the ENIAC, which became operational in February 1946. Burks paper, which was one of the first publication to discuss the computing circuits of an electronic computer, contains a discussion of the basic types of computing circuits used in the ENIAC, including memory circuits (flip-flops) and adding circuits (counters). "The ENIAC performs the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, square-rooting, and the looking up of function values automatically. . . . The technique of combining the basic electronic circuits to perform these functions is illustrated by three typical computing circuits: the addition circuit, a programming circuit, and the multiplication circuit" (p. 756).Rare! See Origins of Cyberspace 512 for a later reprint of this paper. .

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• Title: Electronic computing circuits of the ENIAC. Offprint
• Publication Date: 1947
• Binding: Soft cover