W

War

development of computer and (see ENIAC)
development of electronic calculator and, 9297
differential analyzer and, 109

Watson, Thomas J., Jr., 16768, 18587, 190, 250
Watson, Thomas J., Sr., 103104, 106, 16668, 17273, 17576, 179, 185, 187, 193

children of, 185 (see also Watson, Thomas J., Jr.)
CTR and, 17581
early background of, 16869
NCR and, 16970, 17273
paternalism of, 18081

Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory, 188
Weiner, James, 157
Welsh, Frazier, 157
Westinghouse Electrical Manufacturing Company, 103
Whirlwind computer

air defense and, 204208
frame of, 200201
magnetic-core memory and, 201202
memory-test, 202, 256
programming, 21011
structure of, 199201
train-analyzer and, 19698

Whirlwind II, 205
Whitehead, Alfred North, 91, 14344
Williams, F. C., 14950, 212
Williams, Samuel B., 102
Wilson, Louis, 157
Womersley, J. R., 14647
Word generator, 141
Words, definition of, 95
Wozniak, Stephen G., 276

background of, 27677
computer built by, 27879