War
development of computer and (see ENIAC)
development of electronic calculator and, 92–97
differential analyzer and, 109
Watson, Thomas J., Jr., 167–68, 185–87, 190, 250
Watson, Thomas J., Sr., 103–104, 106, 166–68, 172–73, 175–76, 179, 185, 187, 193
children of, 185 (see also Watson, Thomas J., Jr.)
CTR and, 175–81
early background of, 168–69
NCR and, 169–70, 172–73
paternalism of, 180–81
Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory, 188
Weiner, James, 157
Welsh, Frazier, 157
Westinghouse Electrical Manufacturing Company, 103
Whirlwind computer
air defense and, 204–208
frame of, 200–201
magnetic-core memory and, 201–202
memory-test, 202, 256
programming, 210–11
structure of, 199–201
train-analyzer and, 196–98
Whirlwind II, 205
Whitehead, Alfred North, 91, 143–44
Williams, F. C., 149–50, 212
Williams, Samuel B., 102
Wilson, Louis, 157
Womersley, J. R., 146–47
Word generator, 141
Words, definition of, 95
Wozniak, Stephen G., 276