The last of the first : CSIRAC : Australia's first computer / Doug McCann & Peter Thorne.
The last of the first : CSIRAC : Australia's first computer / Doug McCann & Peter Thorne.
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Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
[Parkville], Victoria University of Melbourne, Dept. of Computer Science and Software Engineering, 2015.
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
1 online resource (176 pages)
Content type
text
still image
Media type
computer
Carrier type
online resource
Publication information
Publisher
[Parkville], Victoria University of Melbourne, Dept. of Computer Science and Software Engineering, 2015.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2015.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
This publication describes an Australian technical achievement of great significance. In the late 1940s Australian scientists embarked on an ambitious project to design and build, from the ground up, a programmable digital computer. They succeeded. The computer they created was not only the first computer in Australia, it was one of the very first...
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Full title
The last of the first : CSIRAC : Australia's first computer / Doug McCann & Peter Thorne.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Title from title screen (viewed on 19 November 2015).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
System details note
Mode of access: Available online. Address as at 19/11/2015: http://www.cis.unimelb.edu.au/about/csirac/the-last-of-the-first-csirac-ebook.pdf.
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Record Identifier
74VKRxKOxeQy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRxKOxeQy
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DDC
004.0994
MMS ID
991023288149702626
