Object Details
- IBM
- Description
- This rectangular clear green plastic template has nineteen symbols relating to flowcharting and structured programming cut out of it. These are explained on the paper sleeve. The template has a nine inch scale, divided to tenths of an inch, across the top, a nine inch scale divided to eighths of an inch across the bottom, a three inch scale divided to twelfths of an inch on the right, and a scale nine centimeters long divided to millimeters on the left. A mark on the right reads: HIPO. Another mark reads: GX20-1971-0 UM/010. Another mark reads: IBM.
- HIPO (Hierarchy plus Input Process Output) was a design aid and documentation technique developed by IBM in the 1970s.
- Reference:
- Edward C. Yourdon, “Users Want too Much from HIPO: Yourdon,” Computerworld, vol. 19, #22, May 31, 1976, p. 24.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Prof. Michael R. Williams
- ca 1975
- ID Number
- 1997.3099.04
- nonaccession number
- 1997.3099
- catalog number
- 1997.3099.04
- Object Name
- Logic Template
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: .1 cm x 25.2 cm x 11.5 cm; 1/32 in x 9 29/32 in x 4 17/32 in
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Flowcharting Templates
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Record ID
- nmah_694226
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-33a9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
