Hard covered book titled An Introduction to AUTOMATIC COMPUTERS. A Systems Approach for Business, by Ned Chapin, Van Nostrand Series in Business Administration and Economics,  Second Edition. 1963, 503 pages.

A great old book that explains the way computers did data processing work in the late 50's and early 60's. It explains the computer and its parts: input and output devices, tape, punched cards, converters, character readers, printers, long distance communication links, logic operations, symbols and codings, memories, registers, controls, etc. Lucid and copious illustrative material (including line drawings, chars, graphs, and tables) are also included.

Chapters include:

• THE COMING OF THE COMPUTER' WHAT IS AN AUTOMATIC COMPUTER?
• INPUT AND OUTPUT UNITS
• THE STORAGE UNIT
• THE ARITHMETIC & LOGIC UNIT
• THE CONTROL UNIT
• ELEMENTS OF PROGRAMING
• HISTORY
• INFORMATION HANDLING IN ORGANIZATIONS
• SYSTEMS ANALYSIS & SYSTEMS DESIGN
• OUTPUT DATA
• INPUT DATA
• PREPARATION OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
• PROGRAMING AND CONVERSION
• OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
• MANAGEMENT OF A DATA PROCESSING CENTER
• COMPUTER JUSTIFICATION
• TRENDS

This vintage book is in VG condition, pages clean and intact, and the binding is tight. The dust jacket has minor tears at the edges and is lightly soiled.  A must have for your vintage computer library!