Moore School Lectures on computing

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computer science lecture series historical event in computing

The Moore School Lectures on computing were a landmark 1946 summer course that introduced many of the foundational concepts of modern electronic digital computers and helped disseminate early computer design principles to a generation of pioneers.

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Moore School Lectures	1
Moore School Lectures in Electronics and Computation	1
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Moore School summer lectures	1

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instanceOf	computer science lecture series ⓘ historical event in computing ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Moore School Lectures on computing ⓘ surface form: Moore School Lectures Moore School Lectures on computing ⓘ surface form: Moore School Lectures in Electronics and Computation Moore School Lectures on computing ⓘ surface form: Moore School summer lectures
basedOn	experience with ENIAC ⓘ
city	Philadelphia ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
duration	about eight weeks ⓘ
endDate	1946-08-31 ⓘ
field	computer engineering ⓘ computer science ⓘ electrical engineering ⓘ
hasNotableAttendee	Douglas Hartree ⓘ Frederic C. Williams ⓘ H. H. Aiken representatives ⓘ Maurice Wilkes ⓘ Tom Kilburn ⓘ
hasNotableLecturer	Arthur W. Burks ⓘ Claude Shannon ⓘ George Stibitz ⓘ Herman H. Goldstine ⓘ Irving Reed ⓘ J. Presper Eckert ⓘ John W. Mauchly ⓘ John von Neumann ⓘ Julian Bigelow ⓘ Robert F. Shaw ⓘ
hasOutput	circulated technical reports on computer design ⓘ mimeographed lecture notes ⓘ
historicalSignificance	considered a landmark event in the history of computing ⓘ helped disseminate early computer design principles ⓘ trained a generation of early computer pioneers ⓘ
influenced	EDSAC ⓘ Ferranti Mark I computer ⓘ surface form: Manchester Mark I design of stored-program computers ⓘ early American computer projects ⓘ early British computer projects ⓘ
introducedConcept	binary arithmetic for computers ⓘ logical design of computing circuits ⓘ numerical methods for differential equations ⓘ separation of memory and processing units ⓘ stored-program architecture ⓘ subroutines and program structure ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
location	Moore School of Electrical Engineering ⓘ
mainSubject	computer architecture ⓘ electronic digital computers ⓘ numerical analysis ⓘ programming methods ⓘ
organizedBy	Moore School of Electrical Engineering ⓘ University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
relatedTo	EDVAC design ⓘ ENIAC ⓘ
sponsoredBy	United States Ordnance Department ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army Ordnance Department
startDate	1946-07-08 ⓘ
state	Pennsylvania ⓘ
temporalContext	summer 1946 ⓘ

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