• DocumentCode
    1014396
  • Title

    The History of the History of Software

  • Author

    Campbell-Kelly, Martin

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Warwick, Coventry
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    40
  • Lastpage
    51
  • Abstract
    Just as the fields of software and hardware development have evolved, the field of software history has likewise matured. At first, the history of software was exclusively focused on technology. Later, there were historical explorations of the software industry and professions. Today the emphasis is on applications and the societal changes resulting from software.
  • Keywords
    DP industry; history; hardware development; software development; software history; software industry; software professions; Application software; Computer industry; Educational institutions; Hardware; History; Laboratories; Physics computing; Power generation economics; Programming profession; Technology transfer; computers and society; computing milieux; history of computing; history of software;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2007.4407444
  • Filename
    4407444