Alan Turing's Automatic Computing Engine
Published in November 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-85233-528-1 (ISBN)
Description
During World War II Alan Turing's work on Colossus enabled the Allies to crack German ciphers. After the war he worked on the ACE, or automatic computing engine. This volume traces the genesis and development of ACE and examines how it became the forerunner of the modern computer.
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Language
English
Place of publication
England
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85233-528-1 (9781852335281)
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