ABSTRACT

"This comprehensive reference work provides immediate, fingertip access to state-of-the-art technology in nearly 700 self-contained articles written by over 900 international authorities. Each article in the Encyclopedia features current developments and trends in computers, software, vendors, and applications...extensive bibliographies of leading figures in the field, such as Samuel Alexander, John von Neumann, and Norbert Wiener...and in-depth analysis of future directions."

entry |6 pages

AN/FSQ-7 Computer

entry |15 pages

Analog-Digital Conversion

entry |30 pages

Analog Signals and Analog Data Processing

entry |23 pages

Analysis of Variance

entry |18 pages

AND-OR-NOT-NAND-NOR Logic

entry |43 pages

APL Terminal System

entry |5 pages

Approximation Methods

entry |39 pages

Argonne National Laboratory*

entry |17 pages

Arithmetic Operations

entry |20 pages

ARPA Network

entry |8 pages

Arrays

entry |20 pages

Artificial Intelligence

entry |27 pages

Artificial Languages*

entry |6 pages

ASCII Code

entry |5 pages

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

entry |42 pages

Associative Memories and Processors: A Description and Appraisal

entry |22 pages

Astronomy

entry |14 pages

Atomic Energy Commission (Energy Research and Development Administration)

entry |18 pages

Audition

entry |5 pages

Auerbach Corporations

entry |4 pages

Autocorrelation

entry |15 pages

Automata Theory

entry |45 pages

Automatic Indexing: Progress and Prospects

entry |13 pages

Automatically Programmed Tools—Numerically Controlled Machine Tools

entry |8 pages

Automation

entry |10 pages

Babbage, Charles

entry |16 pages

Bivalent Programming by Implicit Enumeration*