Punched Card Methods in Scientific Computation.

Punched-Card to Magnetic-Tape Converter

THE principal devices for converting source data to magnetic tape recording for Univac* are the card-to-tape converter and the Unityper. * Unityper is the, logical conversation medium for input of 'otherwise untreated data. Files of punched cards, however, represent to the owner an investment of time and expense in preparing material for other treatment. The card-to-tape converter provides a me...

A punched-card system for the laboratory.

A punched-card system was developed to simplify the administrative aspects of the clinical chemistry laboratory. In it a three-part requisition and samples are matched and given a laboratory number. The third copy of the original laboratory requsition is a charge card also used as a name file for the day. Prepunched cards, coded for laboratory tests, are used for each test requested. The labora...

Punched-Card Systems and the Early Information Explosion, 1880-1945

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Topics in advanced scientific computation

Defects, Scientific Computation and the Scientific Method

Computation has rapidly grown in the last 50 years so that in many scientific areas it is the dominant partner in the practice of science. Unfortunately, unlike the experimental sciences, it does not adhere well to the principles of the scientific method as espoused by for example, the philosopher Karl Popper. Such principles are built around the notions of deniability and reproducibility. Alth...