Title :
Guest Editors´ Introduction: PC Software--Word Processing for Everyone
Author :
Ceruzzi, Paul E. ; Grad, Burton
Author_Institution :
Nat. Air & Space Museum, Washington, DC
Abstract :
This issue focuses on the evolution of word processing programs. Historical context is provided by Thomas Haigh, whose article chronicles the pre-PC years of word processing development and puts that application in the context of how text was prepared before the advent of PC-based software
Keywords :
history; word processing; PC software; word processing development; word processing historical context; word processing program evolution; Application software; Companies; Computer industry; History; Microcomputers; Personal communication networks; Project management; Technological innovation; Text processing; Writing; Altair computer; Collecting source code; Mergenthaler Photocomposition; PC Software Conference; Spreadsheets; Word processing; WordStar;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2006.65
