IBM Automatic Language Translation, New York World's Fair 1964/65
THF242791 / IBM Automatic Language Translation, New York World's Fair 1964/65 / front cover
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Artifact Overview
At the 1964 World's Fair, IBM debuted their Automatic Language Translator. This computer held a high-speed optical "dictionary disk" with 170,000 words in English and Russian. IBM hired typists to input Cyrillic characters on a keyboard, triggering a beam of light to search the dictionary disc for an English counterpart. Translations were produced at 1000 words per minute.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Brochure
Date Made
1964
Subject Date
1964-1965
Place of Creation
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2015.47.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Plastic
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Red
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 8 in
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