DocumentCode :
37362
Title :
From the Editor´s Desk
Author :
Heide, Lars
Author_Institution :
Editor in Chief
Volume :
36
Issue :
1
fYear :
2014
fDate :
Jan.-Mar. 2014
Firstpage :
2
Lastpage :
3
Abstract :
This issue features several articles that give different perspectives on "modern computing" and how that concept evolves with emerging and retiring technologies. Specifically, the issue includes a discussion of the stored-program concept by Thomas Haigh, Mark Priestley, and Crispin Rope; a history of academic computer science degrees in Spain and the origins of Barcelona\´s School of Informatics by Jordi Fornes and Nestor Herran; a history of the fourth generation language (4GL) Nomad by Nicholas Rawlings; a rediscovery of the messaging capabilities in the SDC time-sharing system by David Hemmendinger; and a look at early commercial electronic distribution of software in the late 1970s by Zbigniew Stachniak.
Keywords :
4GL; Barcelona´s School of Informatics; EDS; Nomad; SDC; TWA Teleregister ticket terminal; history of computing; software distribution; stored program concept; time-sharing system;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1058-6180
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2014.2
Filename :
6774348
Link To Document :
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