Efficient and reliable computing is based on validity and correctness. Techniques to ensure these essential features have been in place since the early days of computing. The present study focuses on the hardware testing, data validation and program correctness techniques designed and implemented for LEO I and II machines in the UK during the 1950s.

Validity and Correctness Before the OS: the Case of LEO I and LEO II / R. Arif, E. Mori, G. Primiero (PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES SERIES). - In: Reflections on Programming Systems : Historical and Philosophical Aspects / [a cura di] L. De Mol, G. Primiero. - [s.l] : Springer Verlag, 2018. - ISBN 9783319972251. - pp. 15-47 [10.1007/978-3-319-97226-8_2]

Validity and Correctness Before the OS: the Case of LEO I and LEO II

G. Primiero
2018

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Efficient and reliable computing is based on validity and correctness. Techniques to ensure these essential features have been in place since the early days of computing. The present study focuses on the hardware testing, data validation and program correctness techniques designed and implemented for LEO I and II machines in the UK during the 1950s.
British computing industry; LEO computers; Early computers; Data validation; Program correctness; Hardware checking
Settore M-FIL/02 - Logica e Filosofia della Scienza
2018
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