1. Introduction -- 2. The Department -- RAND contributions to the development of computing -- 3. RAND's first computer people -- Early technical staff -- 4. RAND's early computers -- Reeves electronic analog computer -- The JOHNNIAC digital computer -- 5. A building for people with computers -- 5. Project essays -- The RAND tablet, videographics, and related projects -- Networked computing: packet switching and distributed communications -- The mail handler -- Artificial-intelligence research -- Security and privacy -- 7. Lore, snippets, and snapshots
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-190) and index