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arithmetic, a branch of
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ARITH-MATIC is an extension of
Grace Hopper
Grace Brewster Hopper (; December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy rear admiral. One of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, she was a pioneer of compu ...
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A-2 programming language
A programming language is a system of notation for writing computer programs. Most programming languages are text-based formal languages, but they may also be graphical. They are a kind of computer language.
The description of a programming ...
, developed around 1955. ARITH-MATIC was originally known as A-3, but was renamed by the marketing department of
Remington Rand
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UNIVAC
UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer) was a line of electronic digital stored-program computers starting with the products of the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation. Later the name was applied to a division of the Remington Rand company an ...
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Some ARITH-MATIC subroutines
See also
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A-0 System
References
External links
Website at Boise via Internet Archive
Numerical programming languages
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