"Essentially the second paper referred to in the preface of the earlier report entitled 'Preliminary discussion of the logical design of an electronic computing instrument', by A.W. Burks, H.H. Goldstine and John von Neumann, dated 28 June 1946. The report 'Preliminary discussion of the logical design of an electronic computing instrument' should be viewed as Part 1 of the sequence of our reports on the electronic computer. The present report is Pt. II."--Preface, v. 1

"Prepared in accordance with the terms of Contract no. W-36-034-ORD-7481 between the Research and Development Service, U.S. Army Ordnance Department and the Institute for Advanced Study."

"Note: Although some of the material in this volume is out of date, reprinting is necessary because of numerous references made in later and more widely distributed volumes of the series. BRL August 1951." -- t.p