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Programming languages (Electronic computers)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Computer programing languages such as: ABC; ACL; Ada; ATLAS; BASIC; C; CLASP; CLU; COBOL; FORTRAN; Perl; XPath; ZPL.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

IBM Technical History Project oral histories

 Collection
Accession: 2089
Abstract:

The IBM Technical History Project was begun in 1980 following the suggestion that books be written about IBM's technical history. The books that were subsequently written were based, in part, on 361 oral history interviews. This collection contains the interviews bound in eight volumes.

Dates: 1980-1991

Joseph A. Weisbecker papers, 1899-1982, bulk: 1964 - 1982

 Series
Accession: 2464-09Identifier: 2464-09-11.-VII.
Abstract:

Research notes, correspondence, press clippings, prototypes, manuals, publications, and patents document work on computer architecture and programming languages at RCA and Komputer Pastimes.

Photographs and cassette tapes document circuitry, computers and consoles for RCA computers and games created by Weisbecker's company, Komputer Pastimes.

Dates: 1899-1982; Majority of material found within 1964 - 1982

Peter Eisenhower Packard, Sperry Univac technical documentation

 Collection
Accession: 2779
Abstract:

Peter Eisenhower Packard (1948-2017) spent his career in information technology at Bell Laboratories, SIAC, Bessemer Trust, and Sperry-UNIVAC. The Sperry Corporation was an electronics company, and the UNIVAC Division manufactured the first commercial digital computer. This collection consists of nine technical programming and operators' manuals for UNIVAC systems, which date from 1962 to 1969.

Dates: 1962-1969

Technical Documents, 1946-1972

 Series
Accession: 1825-IIdentifier: 1825-I-IV.
Scope and Content:

Documents in this series trace the technological history of electronic data processing at Sperry Rand From the 1950s to the mid 1970s, as they describe the development of five generations of computers. The archive traces the evolving relationship between hardware and software. It shows that the earliest programs for the ENIAC were done in a machine language that mirrored the physical construction of the computer. With the introduction of stored programs, full computer languages such as COBOL were developed. The records document the development of the UNIVAC algebraic short language code by Grace Hopper in the early 1950s. Software publications files trace innovations in UNIVAC software from 1958 to 1970 and show how software engineers sought to maximize hardware potential.

Dates: 1946-1972

UNITE, Inc. records

 Collection
Accession: 1881
Abstract:

UNITE, Inc. stands for Unisys Information Technology Exchange, a not-for-profit corporation, where members share information about Unisys and the use and development of information technology. The predescessor, UNIVAC Scientific Exchange (USE) was formed in 1955, consisting of UNIVAC 1103A computer users (Boeing Airplane Company, Holloman Air Force Base, Lockheed Missile Systems Division and Ramo-Woolridge Corporation) and Sperry-UNIVAC representatives. Their records document the evolving relationship between USE, Inc. and Sperry-UNIVAC including the history of software development through problem issues reported and improvements, response to user demands, and customer expectations.

Dates: 1955-1997