This publication is concerned with a series of questions in computer engineering: the power supply system of the high-speed electronic computer of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R.; new elements and units for computers; a method of control of the arithmetic unit; a method of selecting the required word from the dictionary in machine translation; and present-day computer terminology. The publication was drawn up by specialists in the design and working of electronic computers. Besides papers from the Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer Engineering, this publication contains articles by authors from other organizations concerned with computer engineering.

Translated From the Russian by JANE STUART
Translation edited by J.P. CLEAVE and E.A. SOWAN

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CONTENTS

Editorial Note vii
O. K. Shcherbakov The Lower Supply System of BESM (the high-speed electronic computer of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R.) 1
F. V. Maiorov Digital Integrating Machines (Differential Analyzers) 22
P. P. Golovistikov Dynamic Flip-Flops and Their Use in Parallel Action Computers 96
E. A. Voikov A Method of Automatic Monitoring of a Serial Arithmetic Unit 134
L. N. Korolev Methods of Selecting the Required Word from a Dictionary 139
K. Ya. Matyukhin and O. V. Rosnitskii The Role of the Ferrite Core in a Matrix Storage Unit 143
Yu. N. Glukhov and O. V. Rosnitskii Reliability of a Matrix-Type Magnetic Store with Linear Selection 158
E. I. Limonov Basic Nomenclature and Definitions in Automatic Digital Computer Engineering 170