The Universal Machine

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Date
1962
Summary
Comments on the fact that the computer revolution represents a fundamentally different kind of advance because, unlike past industrial advances, the computer manipulates processed information at incredible speeds. Explains the problem of what to use as a universal "machine language."
Contributors
C.R. DeCarlo; J. Presper Eckert; Fred Gruenberger; Dr. Richard C. Hamming; Dr. Thomas Burton; Dr. Ernest Koenigsberg; A.L. Samuel; Richard Moore; Wayne Ensrud; Irving Saraf; Harvey Langee; Patricia Day; Robert Katz; Morton Subotnick; W.A. Palmer Films; Imagination Inc.; Philip Greene; R.G. Davis; KQED, San Francisco
Publishers
National Educational Television; Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
Genre
Educational
Subjects
Computers; Electronic data processing; Programming languages (Electronic computers)
Collection
Films For Reuse
Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
Language
English
Rights Statement
No Copyright - United States
Physical Description
film reel (30 min.) 16 mm
Other Identifiers
Catalog Key: 10906965; Other: GR00415638; MDPI Barcode: 40000003247337

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