SEAC AND THE START OF IMAGE-PROCESSING AT THE NATIONAL-BUREAU-OF-STANDARDS

Authors
KIRSCH RA
Citation
Ra. Kirsch, SEAC AND THE START OF IMAGE-PROCESSING AT THE NATIONAL-BUREAU-OF-STANDARDS, IEEE annals of the history of computing, 20(2), 1998, pp. 7-13
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
History & Philosophy of Sciences","Computer Science Theory & Methods","History & Philosophy of Sciences
Journal title
IEEE annals of the history of computing → ACNP
ISSN journal
10586180
Volume
20
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
7 - 13
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-6180(1998)20:2<7:SATSOI>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The National Bureau of Standards Electronic Automatic Computer, SEAC, completed in 1950, was the first electronic computer with an internall y stored program in the U.S. government. This paper describes how scan ning and computer processing of images began at the National Bureau of Standards in 1956 and how the use of SEAC made possible experiments t hat led to the widespread use of image processing and many other compu ter innovations.