[Ads-l] Antedating of "App"

[Joel Berson]

Will the 1957 citation, "Proc. Second Annual Computer App. Symp.", count?  With the period, it's an abbreviation.

Joel

 

      From: Peter Morris <peter_morris_1 at BLUEYONDER.CO.UK>
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 Subject: [ADS-L] Antedating of "App"
   
Here's a reference to "Computer Apps"  which appears
to be dated 1966

http://tinyurl.com/jh87954


For dating the publication pre-1968

http://tinyurl.com/zm4srt5



And from 1957, we have "Proc. Second Annual Computer App. Symp."
Presumably there was also one in 1956.

http://tinyurl.com/zsrc5xb

for dating publication 1958 or earlier : 
http://tinyurl.com/z79ya9f

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