DocumentCode
1357755
Title
Think Piece: The Purloined Mainframe: Hiding the History of Computing in Plain Sight
Author
Laprise, John
Author_Institution
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
Volume
31
Issue
3
fYear
2009
Firstpage
83
Lastpage
84
Abstract
We are unconstrained by the shackles of decades of prior scholarship and find ourselves with an abundance of relevant, important topic areas for which there is high demand. We are fortunate that our focus lies on a moving technological area that constantly presents us with new material for research. Moreover, the history of computing is a foundational field for even newer, hotter fields of inquiry such as the Internet and "new media" studies.
Keywords
history; mainframes; Internet; computing history; purloined mainframe; Cryptography; History; Internet; Metalworking machines; NASA; Power generation economics; Power system economics; Scholarships; Technological innovation; US Government; John Laprise; Think Piece; history of computing; purloined mainframe;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1058-6180
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MAHC.2009.52
Filename
5223992
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