| ABC | Atanasoff Berry Computer |
| ACE | Automatic Computing Engine |
| ARC | Automatic Relay Computer |
| ASCC | IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Caluclator |
| CRT | Cathode Ray Tube |
| CTR | Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company |
| EDSAC | Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator |
| EDVAC | Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer |
| ENIAC | Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer |
| ERA | Engineering Research Associates |
| ETH | Eidenössische Technische Hochschule |
| IAS | Institute of Advanced Studies |
| IBM | International Business Machines Corporation |
| IAS | Institute of Advanced Study |
| IC | Integrated Circuit |
| MIT | Massachusets Institute of Technology |
| RAM | Random Access Memory |
| RAMAC | Random Access Method of Accounting and Control |
| SAGE | Semi-Automated Ground Environment |
| SSEC | IBM Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator |
| SSEM | Small Scale Experimental Machine |
| TRE | Telecommunications Research Establishment |
| UNIVAC | Universal Automatic Computer |