Manual - CSIRAC Computer, Programming, University of Melbourne,1959

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Summary:: Programming Manual for the Automatic Electronic Computer, CSIRAC, August 1959.

The manual was produced to guide expert users of CSIRAC in programming the machine.

The manual was produced by the staff of the Computation Laboratory of the University of Melbourne and based on material by Trevor Pearcey and Maston Beard

The manual provides a detailed description of how to program CSIRAC. The Introduction includes some explanation of what is meant by programming:
"To 'programme the calculation' means to draw up a list of commands, each of which calls on an operation that the machine can perform and which together will do what is required. For this purpose the programmer will need to know which commands the machine can perform and how to organize these operations into a complete programme. It is sometime helpful, but not necessary, to understand the physical details of machine prganization ...
In many programmes, most of the commands are copied from previously tested programmes, which have been organized into a 'library' of routines."
Description:: Foolscap booklet, stapled along edge. Light brown coloured cover with black text.
Acquisition Information:: Donation from University of Melbourne (The) Computer Science & Software Engineering Department, 2003

Discipline:	Technology
Dimensions:	4 mm (Height), 202 mm (Width), 330 mm (Length)

Tagged with:	computer software, computers, computing, csirac computer
Themes this item is part of:	CSIRAC - a woman programmer's view, Introduction to the CSIRAC Programming Manual, Jun 1958, Information & Communication Collection, CSIRAC Collection
Primary Classification:	COMPUTING & CALCULATING
Secondary Classification:	Digital Computing
Tertiary Classification:	manuals
Inscriptions:	"Programming Manual - CSIRAC, 1959"
Date Made:	1959