Title :
The ENIAC, the verb “to program” and the emergence of digital computers
Author :
Grier, David Alan
Author_Institution :
Univ. Honors Program, George Washington Univ., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
This paper examines the verb “to program” in the context of the ENIAC development to see what light it can shed on the development of the concept, both for the ENIAC and for subsequent stored program computers
Keywords :
computers; digital computers; history; linguistics; programming; ENIAC; digital computers; history; programming; stored program computers; Cables; Centralized control; Heart; Humans; Investments; Laboratories; Mathematics; Programming profession; Signal processing; Vocabulary;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
