CHAPTER 1 Evolution to data processing 1
CHAPTER 2 Introduction to data processing 7
CHAPTER 3 Data representation 11
CHAPTER 4 Recording 16
CHAPTER 5 Classifying and arranging 22
CHAPTER 6 Statistical machines 29
CHAPTER 7 The card as a document-recording medium 36
CHAPTER 8 Mechanized filing means 43
CHAPTER 9 Automatic punches 52
CHAPTER 10 Programming the electronic calculator 60
CHAPTER 11 The accounting machine 71
CHAPTER 12 Flowcharting 87
CHAPTER 13 Introduction to computers 100
CHAPTER 14 Computer mathematics 107
CHAPTER 15 Components of a computer 113
CHAPTER 16 Principles of basic programming 128
CHAPTER 17 Symbolic programming（Ⅰ） 145
CHAPTER 18 Symbolic programming（Ⅱ） 166
CHAPTER 19 Program timing and magnetic tape operations 184
CHAPTER 20 Data processing management 199
BIBLIOGRAPHY 210
GLOSSARY 212
INDEX 217