DocumentCode
1090873
Title
Alan Kay: Transforming the Computer into a Communication Medium
Author
Barnes, Karen B.
Author_Institution
Rochester Institute of Technology
Volume
29
Issue
2
fYear
2007
Firstpage
18
Lastpage
30
Abstract
Alan Kay is referred to as the "father of the personal computer" because his 1969 doctoral thesis described an early prototype of personal computing. Kay\´s ideas contributed to the transformation of the computer from a calculating machine to a communication medium. This article focuses on Kay\´s vision for personal computing.
Keywords
Computer science; Computer vision; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Graphical user interfaces; Instruments; Military computing; Programming profession; Prototypes; Software design; Alan Kay; Dynabook; Smalltalk; Xerox PARC; graphical user interface; human-computer interaction; modeless computing; overlapping windows; personal computer;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1058-6180
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MAHC.2007.17
Filename
4287214
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