• DocumentCode
    1361316
  • Title

    SEAC and the start of image processing at the National Bureau of Standards

  • Author

    Kirsch, Russell A.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1998
  • Firstpage
    7
  • Lastpage
    13
  • Abstract
    The National Bureau of Standards Electronic Automatic Computer, SEAC, completed in 1950, was the first electronic computer with an internally stored program in the U.S. government. This paper describes how scanning and computer processing of images began at the National Bureau of Standards in 1956 and how the use of SEAC made possible experiments that led to the widespread use of image processing and many other computer innovations
  • Keywords
    digital computers; government data processing; history; image processing; Electronic Automatic Computer; National Bureau of Standards; SEAC; US government; computer innovations; experiments; image processing; scanning; Decision support systems; Fiber reinforced plastics; Government; Image processing; NIST; Technological innovation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/85.667290
  • Filename
    667290
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1361316