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System Development Corporation (SDC), based in Santa Monica, California, was arguably the world's first computer software company.
SDC started in 1955 as the systems engineering group for the SAGE air defense ground system at the RAND Corporation. RAND spun off the group in 1957 as a non-profit organization that provided expertise for the United States military in the design, integration, and testing of large, complex, computer-controlled systems.
SDC became for-profit in 1969. With that change, it began to offer its services to all comers rather than only to the American military.
In 1980, SDC was sold by its board of directors to Burroughs Corporation. In 1986, Burroughs merged with the Sperry Corporation to form Unisys, and SDC was folded into Paramax, Unisys' military subsidiary. In 1995, Unisys sold Paramax to the Loral Corporation, which in turn sold Paramax to Lockheed Martin the following year. In 1997, the Paramax business unit was separated from Lockheed Martin under the control of Frank Lanza (one of the original founders of Loral).
SDC started in 1955 as the systems engineering group for the SAGE air defense ground system at the RAND Corporation. RAND spun off the group in 1957 as a non-profit organization that provided expertise for the United States military in the design, integration, and testing of large, complex, computer-controlled systems.
SDC became for-profit in 1969. With that change, it began to offer its services to all comers rather than only to the American military.
In 1980, SDC was sold by its board of directors to Burroughs Corporation. In 1986, Burroughs merged with the Sperry Corporation to form Unisys, and SDC was folded into Paramax, Unisys' military subsidiary. In 1995, Unisys sold Paramax to the Loral Corporation, which in turn sold Paramax to Lockheed Martin the following year. In 1997, the Paramax business unit was separated from Lockheed Martin under the control of Frank Lanza (one of the original founders of Loral).
Significant Contributions
In the 1960's, SDC developed the timesharing system for the AN/FSQ-32 mainframe computer for ARPA. The Q-32 was one of the first systems to support both multiple users and inter-computer communications. Experiments with a dedicated modem connection to the TX-2 at MIT led to computer communication applications such as email. SDC also developed the JOVIAL programming language commonly used in real-time military systems.External links
Santa Monica, California
Downtown Santa Monica as seen from the Santa Monica Pier
Nickname: SaMo, The Peoples Republic of Santa Monica
Location of Santa Monica in Los Angeles County, California
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Downtown Santa Monica as seen from the Santa Monica Pier
Nickname: SaMo, The Peoples Republic of Santa Monica
Location of Santa Monica in Los Angeles County, California
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Computer software is a general term used to describe a collection of computer programs, procedures and documentation that perform some task on a computer system. [1]
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SAGE, the Semi Automatic Ground Environment, was an automated control system used by NORAD for collecting, tracking and intercepting enemy bomber aircraft from the late 1950s into the 1980s.
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Rand may refer to a number of places, people, organizations, and acronyms.
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Motto
"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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The Burroughs Corporation began in 1886 as the American Arithmometer Company in St. Louis, Missouri selling an adding machine invented by William Seward Burroughs.
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Sperry Corporation (1910-1986) was a major American equipment and electronics company whose existence spanned more than seven decades of the twentieth century.
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Unisys Corporation
Public (NYSE: UIS )
Founded 1886 as American Arithmometer Company
1986 as Unisys
Headquarters Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States
Key people Joseph W.
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Public (NYSE: UIS )
Founded 1886 as American Arithmometer Company
1986 as Unisys
Headquarters Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States
Key people Joseph W.
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Loral Corporation was a small Bronx defense contractor on the verge of bankruptcy when in 1972 it was acquired by Bernard Schwartz, who over the course of the next two decades built it into a major player in the global aerospace and defense industry, acquiring sixteen other defense
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Lockheed Martin
Public (NYSE: LMT )
Founded 1912 (in 1995, company took on current name)
Headquarters Headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland; locations in 45 U.S. states and 56 countries
Key people Robert J.
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Founded 1912 (in 1995, company took on current name)
Headquarters Headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland; locations in 45 U.S. states and 56 countries
Key people Robert J.
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Q-32 unit was built.[1]
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Agency overview
Formed 1958
Employees 240
Annual Budget $3.2 billion
Agency Executive Anthony J. Tether, Director
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Agency overview
Formed 1958
Employees 240
Annual Budget $3.2 billion
Agency Executive Anthony J. Tether, Director
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TX-2 computer was the successor to the Lincoln TX-0 and was known for its role in advancing both artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction. The TX-2 was a transistor-based computer using the then-huge amount of 64K 36-bit words of core memory.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private, coeducational research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing 32 academic departments,[3]
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JOVIAL>JOVIAL
Paradigm: procedural, imperative, structured
Appeared in: 1960
Designed by: System Development Corporation
Influenced by: ALGOL
Influenced: Coral 66
OS: MIL-STD-1589
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Paradigm: procedural, imperative, structured
Appeared in: 1960
Designed by: System Development Corporation
Influenced by: ALGOL
Influenced: Coral 66
OS: MIL-STD-1589
JOVIAL
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