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=== 1940sβ1950s=== Sources:.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Weiss |first=Eric A. |date=1972-07-01 |title=Publications in computing: an informal review |journal=Communications of the ACM |language=en |volume=15 |issue=7 |pages=491β497 |doi=10.1145/361454.361456 |s2cid=27504743 |issn=0001-0782|doi-access=free }}</ref> *''[[Mathematics of Computation]]'' established in 1943, articles about computers began to appear from 1946 (Volume 2, Number 15) to the end of 1954.<ref group="note">In 1955, the "Automatic Computing Machinery" column was removed, but the full-length articles about computers still continued to appear with varying frequency.</ref> [[Scientific journal]]. *''Digital Computer Newsletter'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cyber Brief: Digital Computer Newsletter β 1949β1968 {{!}} National Security Archive|url=https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/cyber-vault/2018-10-19/cyber-brief-digital-computer-newsletter-1949-1968|access-date=25 December 2021|website=nsarchive.gwu.edu}}</ref> (1949β1968), founded by [[Albert Eugene Smith]]. *''Computers and People'', (1951β1988<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Sternadori |first1=Miglena |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c7rLDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA7 |title=The Handbook of Magazine Studies |last2=Holmes |first2=Tim |date=2020 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-119-15152-4 |pages=7 |language=en}}</ref>), was arguably the first computer magazine. It began as ''Roster of Organizations in the Field of Automatic Computing Machinery'' (1951β1952),<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=83byXmCyv0UC&q=%22Roster+of+Organizations+in+the+Field+of+Automatic+Computing+Machinery%22 |title=The Computing Machinery Field |date=1953 |publisher=Edmund C. Berkeley and Associates. |pages=7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/sim_computers-and-people_1952-07-20_1_3 |title=Roster of Organizations in the Field of Automatic Computing Machinery 1952-07-20: Vol 1 Iss 3 |date=1952-07-20 |publisher=Berkeley Enterprises |language=English}}</ref><ref group="note">Alternative title: ''Roster of Organizations in the Computing Machinery Field''.</ref> and then ''The Computing Machinery Field'' (1952β1953).<ref>{{cite journal|title=Computers and People|date=1957|page=111|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KC8-AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Roster+of+Organizations+in+the+Computing+Machinery+Field%22+1953|publisher=Berkeley Enterprises|language=en}}</ref> It was published by [[Edmund Berkeley]]. ''Computers and Automation'' held the first Computer Art Contest in 1963<ref>{{Cite web |title=Computer Art Contest |url=http://dada.compart-bremen.de/item/Award/11 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=compArt daDA}}</ref> and maintained a bibliography on computer art starting in 1966.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_computersAndAutomation&tab=about The BITSAVERS.ORG Documents Library: Computers and Automation Journal]</ref> It also included a monthly estimated census of all installed computer systems starting in 1962.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_computersArCensus196274_16451676|title=computersAndAutomation :: Computer Census 1962-74|date=1962β1974}}</ref> In 1973 name changed to ''Computers and Automation and People'', and finally in 1975 to ''Computers and People.''<ref name=":0" /> *[[American Federation of Information Processing Societies|AFIPS]] conference proceedings<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFIPS conference proceedings |url=https://onesearch.library.uwa.edu.au/permalink/61UWA_INST/1vk1d8f/alma9957569902101 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=onesearch.library.uwa.edu.au |language=en}}</ref> (AFIPS [[Joint Computer Conference]]s) (1952β1987). *[[Association for Computing Machinery|ACM]] National Conference proceedings (Proceedings of National Meetings) (1952, 1956β1987, 1997)<ref>{{Cite web |title=ACM-NATIONAL-CONFERENCE Conference - Proceedings |url=https://dl.acm.org/conference/acm-national-conference/proceedings |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=ACM Digital Library |language=en}}</ref><ref group="note">First published in 1952, regular publication started in 1964 (''Publications in computing: an informal review'', p. 494).</ref><ref name=":1" /> *''[[IEEE Transactions on Computers]]'' from 1952, scientific journal. *''Computing News'' (1953β1963<ref>{{Cite book |last=Limited |first=National Computing Centre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o5FjAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Computing+News%22 |title=A World List of Computer Periodicals |date=1970 |publisher=National Computing Centre |isbn=978-0-85012-029-5 |pages=40 |language=en}}</ref>), was an early computer magazine produced by Jackson W. Granholm out of Thousand Oaks, California. The first documented copyright was applied for on September 1, 1954, for issue #36. The magazine was released on the 1st and 15th of each month, which places issue #1 at March 15, 1953. The last documented release was issue #217 on March 15, 1962.<ref>[https://www.lostmediawiki.com/Computing_News_(partially_found_early_computer_magazine/newsletter;_1950s-1960s) Lost Media Wiki article containing U.S Copyright Office catalog scans]</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/computing-news-number-216 Computing News Issue #216 from March 1st, 1962]</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/computing-news-number-217 Computing News Issue #217 from March 15th, 1962]</ref> *''[[Journal of the ACM]]'' from 1954, scientific journal. *''[[Datamation]]'' from 1957, was another early computer and [[data processing]] magazine. It is still being published as an e-publication on the Internet. Futurist [[Donald Prell]] was its founder. *''[[Information and Computation]]'' from 1957, scientific journal. *''[[IBM Journal of Research and Development]]'' from 1957, scientific journal. *''[[Communications of the ACM]]'' from 1958, mix of [[List of science magazines|science magazine]], [[trade magazine]], and a scientific journal *''[[The Computer Journal]]'' from 1958, scientific journal.
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