Electronic Computers and Applied Mathematics

Duration: 23

Year Published: 1961

Creator: Inc

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Uses animation and live-action photography to describe the electronic computer, its operation, functions, applications in industry and commerce, mathematical basis, and the basic units of which it is composed. Shows why the term "brain" is not properly applied to the computer, briefly reviews the types of computers, and shows how the binary system is used in computers. Breaks down computers into five components and indicates the functions of each. Points out the future of computers in a complex society and indicates the types of jobs computers can perform.


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