Automatic mathematical translation
automatic mathematical translation
mathematics, tool
(amtran) a system developed by nasa in huntsville in 1966 for the ibm 1620, based on the culler-fried system. it required a special terminal.
[“amtran: an interactive computing system”, j. reinfelds, proc fjcc 37:537- 542, afips (fall 1970)].
(1995-11-14)
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