Title :
The B-205 at PUC-Rio. History of the first computer to operate in a Brazilian university
Author :
Neves, M.D.S. ; Byington, S.I. ; von Staa, Arndt
Author_Institution :
Nucleo de Memoria da PUC-Rio, Pontificia Univ. Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Abstract :
This article presents data and documents regarding the /Datatron Burroughs B-205/, which was the first computer to operate in a Brazilian university. It was installed at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) in 1960 and was used for scientific and engineering computations. The paper elaborates on the academic, scientific and symbolic meanings of this event to the history of Computer Science in Brazil and, in particular, at PUC-Rio.
Keywords :
computer science; educational institutions; Brazilian university; Datatron Burroughs B-205; PUC-Rio; Pontifical Catholic University; Rio de Janeiro; computer history; computer science; engineering computations; scientific computations; Computational modeling; Computer science; Computers; Educational institutions; History; Manuals; Medical services; Computer Science in Brazil; Datatron Burroughs B-205; PUC-Rio; history and memory of Computer Science; university and Computer Science;
Conference_Titel :
Informatica (CLEI), 2012 XXXVIII Conferencia Latinoamericana En
Conference_Location :
Medellin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0794-9
DOI :
10.1109/CLEI.2012.6426924
