Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; The Digital Computer; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. The basic concepts involved in using a digital computer; 1.1. INTRODUCTION; 1.2. ELEMENTARY WAGE CALCULATION; 1.3. SCIENTIFIC CALCULATIONS; 1.4. CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 2. Simple autocode examples; 2.1. SOLUTION OF STANDARD QUADRATIC EQUATIONS; 2.2. HARMONIC ANALYSIS; REFERENCE; Chapter 3. Examples of working advanced design programmes; 3.1. MACHINE DESIGN ANALYSIS PROGRAMME; 3.2. TRANSFORMER DESIGN SYNTHESIS PROGRAMME; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Commercial programming; 4.1. SOLUTION OF QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
  • 4.2. TYPICAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONChapter 5. Automatic programming; 5.1. AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMING FACILITIES; 5.2. THE WORKING OF AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMES; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. How computers work; 6.1. NUMBERS; 6.2. BASIC COMPUTER ELEMENTS AND OPERATIONS; 6.3. CONTROL FUNCTIONS; 6.4. ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS; 6.5. BASIC PROCESS OF COMPUTER OPERATIONS; 6.6. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. The components of acomputer installation; 7.1. THE CENTRAL PROCESSOR; 7.2. PERIPHERAL STORAGE DEVICES; 7.3. INPUT AND OUTPUT PERIPHERAL DEVICES; 7.4. TIME-SHARING; Chapter 8. Computer approach philosophy
  • 8.1. THE MASTER CONCEPT8.2. THE SERVANT CONCEPT; 8.3. COMPARISON OF THE TWO APPROACHES; 8.4. CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 9. Computer acceptance; 9.1. UNDERSTANDING; 9.2. IMAGINATION; 9.3. CO-OPERATION; 9.4. CHANGES IN STAFF ACTIVITIES; REFERENCES; Chapter 10. The responsibilities of a central computer service; 10.1. COMPUTER APPLICATION ENGINEERS; 10.2. ADVANCED ANALYSIS GROUP; 10.3. PROGRAMMING SECTION; 10.4. DATA-HANDLING SECTION; 10.5. EXAMPLES OF PROGRAMME WRITING RESPONSIBILITIES; 10.6. COSTING SYSTEMS; Chapter 11. The use of computers bysmall organisations
  • 11.1. PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT ON REMOTE COMPUTER WORKING11.2. RUNNING PRODUCTION WORK ON A REMOTE COMPUTER; 11.3. PROGRAMME AND DATA TRANSMISSION; 11.4. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCE; Acknowledgements; Appendix: Programming examples; Index