• DocumentCode
    40450
  • Title

    From the Editor´s Desk

  • Author

    Ensmenger, Nathan

  • Author_Institution
    Indiana University
  • Volume
    37
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    July-Sept. 2015
  • Firstpage
    2
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    This issue features articles on software in the context of the history of intellectual property, the first in a two-part series on the challenge of writing contemporary history by James Cortada, an exploration of the transition from analog to digital methods in the modeling of electrical power distribution networks, an article on computing prime numbers on the ENIAC and EDSAC, and a firsthand account of the IBM Advanced Computer Systems (ACS) project of the mid-to-late 1960s by Brian Randell.
  • Keywords
    Brian Randell; EDSAC; ENIAC; IBM ACS project; James Cortada; analog computing; electrical power distribution networks; history of computing; history of technology; intellectual property; software patent law;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2015.63
  • Filename
    7194942
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=40450