Theories by D.O. Hebb and P.M. Milner on how the brain works were tested by simulating neuron nets on the IBM Type 704 Electronic Calculator. The formation of cell assemblies from an unorganized net of neurons was demonstrated, as well as a plausible mechanism for short-term memory and the phenomena of growth and fractionation of cell assemblies. The cell assemblies do not yet act just as the theory requires, but changes in the theory and the simulation offer promise for further experimentation.

The main features of the IBM Electronic Data Processing Machine, Type 702, are discussed from the programroar's point of view to illustrate how it was designed specifically to solve large accounting and statistical problems in business, industry, and government.The 702 exploits in one integrated system the high speed and storage capacity of magnetic tape, the 'accessibility of electrostatic memory supplemented by large auxiliary storage on magnetic drums, the flexibility of punched-card document input, the page printing output of modern accounting machines, and the technology of general-purpose, stored-program, electronic computer s.The 702 is a serial machine with decimal arithmetic.Its serial nature provides several unusual logical features of great aid in programming accounting problems.

Automatic calculators can be programmed to interpret programs which have been written with symbolic instead of actual addresses. This method allows the calculator to assume much of the clerical burden which must otherwise be borne by the programmer.

This guest editorial notes that in the preparation of this glossary, there was no intention to dictate what language people should use. Instead the policy of other compilers of dictionaries was used. The intent was to record usage, considering both the extent of usage and just who uses certain terms in certain ways. The policy of recording usage appears to be the only way to aid in eliminating dialects without stifling progress.