Thaumaturgy(ID:6880/tha003)

ORDVAC Autocode 


Autocode for the ORDVAC

(from the word for MAGIC, hence by analogy with MAGIC)

Places Hardware:
  • ORDVAC BRL/Aberdeen Proving Ground

Related languages
EDVAC/ORDVAC coding => Thaumaturgy   Extension of
MAGIC => Thaumaturgy   Influence

References:
  • Programming and Coding for Ordvac. Department of the Army, Ordnance Corps, Ballistic Research Laboratories, Aberdeen Proving Ground October 1956. view details
  • Romanelli, M J "Thaumaturgy: A Simplified Method of Coding for Ordvac" Ballistic Research Laboratories, Aberdeen Proving Ground December 1957 view details