History of Computing: Learning from the Past

IFIP WG 9.7 International Conference, HC 2010, Held as Part of WCC 2010, Brisbane, Australia, September 20-23, 2010, Proceedings

AvArthur Tatnall

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

History of Computing: Learning from the Past Why is the history of computing important? It is arguable whether there are particular mistakes in the history of computing that we should avoid in the future, but there is some circularity in this question, as the only way we will know the answer to this is to study our history.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-08-13
Mått:155 x 235 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Antal sidor:229
Förlag:Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
ISBN:9783642151989

Utforska kategorier

Systemvetenskap och AI inom Data och IT
Programvaruutveckling inom Data och IT
Informationsteknik: allmänt inom Data och IT

Innehållsförteckning

Connections in the History of Australian Computing.- Why the Real Thing Is Essential for Telling Our Stories.- Wonder, Sorcery, and Technology: Contribute to the History of Medieval Robotics.- Andrew D. Booth – Britain’s Other “Fourth Man”.- The Many Dimensions of Kristen Nygaard, Creator of Object-Oriented Programming and the Scandinavian School of System Development.- Projects and Activities of the IPSJ Computer History Committee.- Contested Histories: De-mythologising the Early History of Modern British Computing.- 50 Years Ago We Constructed the First Hungarian Tube Computer, the M-3: Short Stories from the History of the First Hungarian Computer (1957-1960).- Anatoly Kitov - Pioneer of Russian Informatics.- Materiel Command and the Materiality of Commands: An Historical Examination of the US Air Force, Control Data Corporation, and the Advanced Logistics System.- Purpose-Built Educational Computers in the 1980s: The Australian Experience.- And They Were Thinking? Basic, Logo, Personality and Pedagogy.- The Life and Growth of Year 12 Computing in Victoria: An Ecological Model.- History of the European Computer Driving Licence.- A Brief History of the Pick Environment in Australia.- Turning Points in Computer Education.- Existence Precedes Essence - Meaning of the Stored-Program Concept.- Recession, S-Curves and Digital Equipment Corporation.- ETHICS: The Past, Present and Future of Socio-Technical Systems Design.- Lessons from Discarded Computer Architectures.- The Birth of Information Systems.- The Monash University Museum of Computing History: Ten Years On.