NIST remembers the first computer. (General Developments).The early National Bureau of Standards National Bureau of Standards: see National Institute of Standards and Technology. National Bureau of Standards - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NB S) Electronic Automatic Computer (SEAC SEAC Student Environmental Action Coalition SEAC Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee SEAC Southeast Archeological Center (National Park Service) SEAC South East Asia Command (Allies WWII) ) was the first electronic computer in the United States to store programs internally. Designed, built in 1950, and operated at NBS (National Bureau of Standards) See NIST. NBS - National Bureau of Standards: part of the US Department of Commerce, now NIST. by engineers, scientists, and mathematicians, it was the first of three computers built at NBS. Russell Kirsch, one of the original designers, met with several of the federal government engineers who participated in designing SEAC to share their memories of this historic event. Kirsch interviewed three of his fellow colleagues. A streaming video of this interview will appear soon on the NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. Web. CONTACT: Jim Porterfield, (301) 975-4067; james. porterfield@nist.gov. |
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