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First Glossary of Programming Terminology, Report to the Association for Computing Machinery
First Glossary of Programming Terminology, Report to the Association for Computing Machinery produced by the Committee on Nomenclature (Grace Murray Hopper, Chairman with C. W. Adams, J. W. Backus, J. W. Carr, III, R. F. Osborn, G. W. Patterson, J.…
Brochure for "The Blind in EDP"
Brochure produced in 1965 by the Committee on Professional Activities of the Blind of the Association of Computing Machinery.
Building Neural Networks
Book cover
New Community Networks: Wired for Change
Book cover
"Report Number 1"
"Report Number 1" was issued by the "Temporary Committee for an Eastern Association for Computing Machinery" and is dated August 21, 1947. The memorandum outlines the first schedule meeting at Columbia University and includes information on…
The OPEN Process Specification
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Virtual Reality Systems
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Correspondence, between John von Neumann and Edmund Berkeley
Correspondence, two letters between John von Neumann and Edmund Berkeley regarding interest in the ACM, dated September 15, 1947 and September 23, 1947.
Report, "Why Are SIGs Not Growing?"
Report by Lillian Israel, ACM's Associate Director of Membership Services and Marketing. "Why Are SIGS Not Growing? Stabs, Guesses and Shots in the Dark" was produced circa 1990 and in it Israel suggests six problems facing SIGs along with proposed…
Computing: A Human Activity
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Report, "Suggestions for Curriculum and Ancillary Services in Training the Blind to Program Computers"
Report, "Suggestions for Curriculum and Ancillary Services in Training the Blind to Program Computers" by Raymond B. Stewart, Jr., System Development Corporation in Santa Monica, CA. Report is dated October 1967.
Database Security
Book cover
Computer Graphics Proceedings
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ACM Model High School Computer Science Curriculum Guide
Prepared by the Task Force of the Pre-College Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery, the Model High School Computer Science Curriculum guide includes specific recommendations for "the essential concepts in computer science which every…
Article, "Professional Computer Work for the Blind" by Theodor D. Sterling et al
Article, "Professional Computer Work for the Blind" by Theodor D. Sterling, M. Lichstein, F. Scarpino, D. Stuebing of the University of Cincinnati and William Stuebing of Steubing Automatic Machine Company in Cincinnati, OH. The article was…
Correspondence regarding the demographics of ACM members
Correspondence from the advertising manager of Communications of the ACM regarding the demographics of ACM members based on the results of a membership questionnaire.
Exhibition Poster.
Poster advertising the the exhibit, "The Machine That Changed the World: ACM and the History of Computing, 1947-2010." Elmer L. Andersen Gallery, January 11 - March 5, 2010.
Photograph, ACM Computer Chess Tournament award winners
Photograph, ACM Computer Chess Tournament award winners, undated.
Photograph, ACM Computer Chess Tournament award winners
Photograph, ACM Computer Chess Tournament award winners, undated.
Photograph, Computer Chess Tournament with Players Seated at Tables
Photograph, Computer Chess Tournament with Players Seated at Tables, undated.
Photograph, Conference attendees browse at the ACM publication booth
Photograph, Conference attendees browse at the ACM publication booth, undated.
Photograph, Association for Computing Machinery banner
Photograph, Association for Computing Machinery banner, undated.
Photograph, Overhead projector shot of a chess board
Photograph, Overhead projector shot of a chess board, undated.
Photograph, Young boy playing in a chess match
Photograph, Young boy playing in a chess match, undated.
Photograph, ACM Publication Booth
Photograph, ACM Publication Booth, undated.
Photograph, Conference Attendees at the ACM Publication Booth
Photograph, Conference Attendees at the ACM Publication Booth, undated.
Photograph, Student Playing Computer Chess
Photograph, Student Playing Computer Chess, undated.
Photograph, Conference attendees at the ACM Publication Booth
Photograph, Conference attendees at the ACM Publication Booth, undated.
Photograph, Chess board
Photograph, Chess board
Advertisement for The Machine That Changed the World
Advertisement for "The Machine That Changed the World" featuring an image of an early room-sized computer juxtaposed with a desktop computer of the early 1990s. The five-part television series explored the history of the computer and its impact on…
Advertisement for The Machine That Changed the World
Advertisement for "The Machine That Changed the World" featuring an image of Walter Cronkite and J. Presper Eckert as well an an image of Thomas J. Watson, Sr. The five-part television series explored the history of the computer and its impact on…
Advertisement for The Machine That Changed the World
Advertisement for The Machine That Changed the World featuring an image of Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs holding the circuit board for their first Apple computer. The five-part television series explored the history of the computer and its impact on…
Advertisement for The Machine That Changed the World
Advertisement for The Machine That Changed the World featuring a man and woman exchanging information via computer. The five-part television series explored the history of the computer and its impact on society and aired on PBS.
Photograph, ACM Membership Booth
Photograph, ACM Membership Booth, undated.
Photograph, Unidentified man at the ACM International Computer Chess Championship
Photograph, Unidentified man at the ACM International Computer Chess Championship
Photograph, Young girl at the ACM International Computer Chess Championship
Photograph, Young girl at the ACM International Computer Chess Championship
Photograph, Robert Hyatt at the ACM International Computer Chess Championship
Photograph, Robert Hyatt of the University of Alabama and an unidentified man at the ACM International Computer Chess Championship.
Photograph, 1979 Awards Banquet at the ACM Annual Meeting
Photograph, 1979 Awards Banquet at the ACM Annual Meeting.
Photograph, 1979 Awards Banquet at the ACM Annual Meeting
Photograph, 1979 Awards Banquet at the ACM Annual Meeting.
Photograph, ACM International Computer Chess Championship, Indianapolis, IN, February 1993
Photograph, ACM International Computer Chess Championship, Indianapolis, IN, February 1993.
Photograph, ACM International Computer Chess Championship, Indianapolis, IN, February 1993
Photograph, ACM International Computer Chess Championship, Indianapolis, IN, February 1993.
Photograph, Awards Banquet at the 1979 ACM Annual Meeting
Awards banquet at the 1979 Association for Computing Machinery's annual meeting at the Detroit Plaza Hotel in Detroit, MI. Carl Hammer, recipient of the ACM Distinguished Service Award, is seated to the immediate left of the podium.
Photograph, ACM International Computer Chess Championship
Photograph, ACM International Computer Chess Championship, undated and unknown location.
Photograph, ACM79 Conference Attendees at the Membership Booth, 1979
Photograph, ACM79 Conference Attendees at the Membership Booth, 1979.
Photograph, Conference attendees at the ACM publication booth
Photograph, Conference attendees at the ACM publication booth, undated.
Photograph, Conference Attendees
Photograph of conference attendess.
Photograph, Woman Standing by a Poster Presentation at ACM68
Photograph, Woman Standing by a Poster Presentation at ACM68. Poster boards demonstrate "Who makes the computer work," "What makes a computer work," and "How we make a computer work."
Photograph, ACM International Computer Chess Championship, Indianapolis, IN, February 1993
Photograph from the ACM International Computer Chess Championship in Indianapolis, IN; February 1993.
Program, Women's Conference Activity
Program, women's conference activity for women accompanying their husbands. The program assured attendess that "every day will bring a program of activities to please a variety of feminine tastes."
Photograph of John W. Mauchly
Photograph of John W. Mauchly, undated.
Photograph of Edmund C. Berkeley
Photograph of Edmund C. Berkeley, undated. Berkeley was one of the founders of the ACM and served as the association's first secretary. He did much of the early work in forming and organization the association.
Photograph of Robert Bates, chairman of the Washington, DC chapter of SIGDEAF (Special Interest Group for the Deaf)
Photograph of Robert Bates, chairman of the Washington, DC chapter of SIGDEAF (Special Interest Group for the Deaf). Bates is standing inf ront of a display at an undated National Association of the Deaf Convention.
ACM Membership Booth at the 1980 ACM Annual Meeting
Photograph of the 1980 ACM Membership Booth featuring a poster for the ACM's halloween Computer Graphics Contest.
ACM-Sponsored International Collegiate Programming Contest
Exhibit hall filled with tables and personal computers for the use of the competitors of the programming contest.
Photograph, Street scene with bus advertising the town meetings at the New York City Hilton Hotel associated with ACM's annual meeting
Photograph of a street scene with a bus advertising the town meetings to be held at the New York City Hilton Hotel in conjunction with ACM's 1970 annual meeting.
Computer programming with Braille
Computer programming with Braille.
Presentation of the Grace Murray Hopper Award to Steve Wozniak
In 1979 Steve Wozniak was presented with the Grace Murray Hopper Award at the ACM annual meeting in recognition of "his many contributions to the rapidly growing field of personal computing and, in particular, to the hardware and software for the…
Presentation of the ACM Distinguished Service Award to Carl Hammer
Presentation of the Distinguished Service Award to Carl Hammer at the 1979 Association for Computing Machinery's annual meeting at the Detroit Plaza Hotel in Detroit, MI.
Photograph, unidentified men at the ACM International Computer Chess Championship
Photograph, unidentified men at the ACM International Computer Chess Championship, undated.
Photograph, Awards Banquet at the 1979 ACM Annual Meeting
Awards banquet at the 1979 Association for Computing Machinery's annual meeting at the Detroit Plaza Hotel in Detroit, MI. Carl Hammer, recipient of the ACM Distinguished Service Award, is seated to the immediate left of the podium.
Program, American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS), Fall Joint Computer Conference
Program, American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS), Fall Joint Computer Conference, 1965. For many years, ACM was a co-sponsor of the joint computer conferences.