Reflections on the History of Computing
Subtitle: Preserving Memories and Sharing Stories
By: edited by Arthur Tatnall
Contributors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology -- 387
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Imprint: Springer
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 397
ISBN-13: 9783642338991
Subjects: Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems; Software engineering; Computers and Education; Computer network architectures; Computer Science, general; Computer System Implementation; Microprogramming; Computer science; History of Computing; Education; Control Structures and Microprogramming
Description: This book is a collection of refereed invited papers on the history of computing from the 1940s to the 1990s with one paper going back to look at Italian calculating/computing machines from the first century to the 20th century. The 22 papers cover a wide range of computing related topics such as specific early computer systems, their construction, their use and their users; software programming and operating systems; people involved in the theory, design and use of these computers; computer education; and conservation of computing technology. Many of the authors were actually involved in the events they describe and share their specific reflections on the history of computing.
Table of contents: title: Australia’s WREDAC.– It Was Rocket Science; title: Remembering LEO; title: A Possible First Use of CAM/CAD; title: Roberto Busa (1913-2011), Pioneer of Computers for the Humanities; title: Micro Programming; title: Experiences and Reflections; title: Information Systems Degrees in Australia: The Genesis; title: Looking Back; title: The Impact of the Y2K Event on the Popularity of the Pick Database Environment; title: Evolution of Computer Science Education in the Purview of Free Education; title: Evolution of Computer Education in Spain: From Early Times to theImplementation of the Bologna Agreement; title: The History of Computer Language Selection; title: History of Data Centre Development; title: Early Italian Computing Machines and Their Inventors; title: Computing for the Masses? Constructing a British Culture of Computing in the Home; title: Reflections on the History of Computer Education in Schools in Victoria; title: From the History of Russian Computer Science; title: Hungarian Scientists in Information Technology; title: Information Technology in Italy: The Origins and the Early Years (1954 - 1965); title: Institutional Nostalgia – Museum Victoria’s Cabinet of Computing Curiosities; title: The Changing Face of the History of Computing: The Role of Emulation in Protecting Our Digital Heritage; title: My Fascination with Computing History.