AD/RR STAFF BRIEFING ON DEVELOPMENT OF DATA PROCESSING MACHINES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62-00680R000100340006-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 8, 1998
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 4, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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AC/RR Staff Briefing
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Development of D.at-. Processing Machines
X. Growing interest in storage arad retriev,11 of information.
II. R.arlier developers of information recording machines
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-llierth, Toledo Seals ? IBM Card System
U. S. Evolution of the 1W Pucsched Card l hittaes into Modern Computer Systems.
A. Punchers, collators, sorters, tabulators.
601-602 Electronic ealeul4ting punch.
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701-702 Series, computers.
704-705 Computers, vacuum tube type,
The Binary code.
The transistor breakthrough.
Punched cards, punched paper tape, mag, etie Up w
:as related to ieput-output.
0 100 Series Traesistorized Systems
:V. T IS !etelligenee Community Applications.
A., CIA, Zxktellofax, Mini-card, Project Walnut.
D. The Army, Project Asci-Matic, CA.
V. The Air Force, Project 438-b, L.R.
V Questions.
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