American Federation Information Processing Societies (5 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Early Reprint. A nice copy of this volume, with original publisher's packing list showing a price of $12. Spine faded, previous owner's name and date/place of purchase on front free endpaper. Technical volume. Uncommon. This is a 1962 third printing of this proceedings -- we were surprised that it had even gone into a second printing! Shipping cost may be more than ABE's default, particularly outside the US -- please enquire when ordering.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 28 cm. [0], 807, [21] pages. Illustrations. Figures. References. DJ soiled, worn, small tears, and small chips, DJ spine foxed. The American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) was an umbrella organization of professional societies established on May 10, 1961 and dissolved in 1990. Its mission was to advance knowledge in the field of information science, and to represent its member societies in international forums. AFIPS grew out of the National Joint Computer Committee (NJCC), an organization formed in 1951, which held two major computer conferences - the Eastern (EJCC) and Western Joint Computer Conferences (WJCC). The three founding societies of AFIPS were the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE), and the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE).…

Condition: fair to good, fair to poor. Quarto, 380, illus., figures, tables, charts, references, foxing & discolor ins bds & flylves, foxing to fore-edge, DJ quite worn & foxed. Front DJ spotted and scuffed, several tears and creases to DJ, small piece missing rear DJ, several chips missing along DJ edges. Contains papers on "Project Mercury Real-Time Computational and Data-Flow System, " "Use of a Combined Analog-Digital System for Re-entry Vehicle Flight Simulation, " "Information Handling in the Defense Communications Control Complex, " and "An Automatic Digital Data Assembly System for Space Surveillance, " among other topics.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. AFIPS--AMERICAN FEDERATION OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SOCIETIES, AFIPS CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS: COMPUTERS: THEIR IMPACT ON SOCIETY (VOLUME 27, PART 2, 1965 FALL JOINT COMPUTER CONFERENCE), Thompson Book/Academic Press, 1967, oversz hc no dj, 181p, cover scuffed , bumped, text tanning, tight bind.early on line studies, future electrochemical mass storage, German computer pioneer Konrad Zuse---10.00. …

Paperback. Condition: Good+. Serial Issue. 471 pages; cocked spine. Light fading to pages. Minor rubbing. Light wear and fading to spine. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…