DocumentCode :
3319547
Title :
Disseminating electronics: Bell Telephone and the emergence of electronic computing expertise in post-war Belgium, c1945–c1960
Author :
Mols, Sandra ; Udekem-Gevers, Marie D.
Author_Institution :
Cellule Interdisciplinaire de Technol. Assessment & Fac. d´´Inf., Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur
fYear :
2008
fDate :
11-12 Sept. 2008
Firstpage :
102
Lastpage :
109
Abstract :
We explore the role of Bell Telephone Mfg Co, hereafter dasiaBTMCpsila, a major European provider of electronics and switch technology from the 1910s onwards, in the emergence of electronic computing expertise in post-war Belgium. In 1951, BTMC entered into collaboration with two national research funding bodies, the FNRS and the IRSIA, towards the construction of a Belgian electronic computer, the Machine mathematique IRSIA-FNRS. We explore the ways in which the running of, and people involved in this project, among others Vitold Belevitch (1921-1999), led to the dissemination and appropriation of Anglo-Saxon electronic computing know-how in Belgium.
Keywords :
DP industry; history; Anglo-Saxon electronic computing; Belgian electronic computer; Bell Telephone Mfg Co; Bell telephone; Machine mathematique IRSIA-FNRS; disseminating electronics; electronic computing expertise; national research funding body; switch technology; Europe; High-speed electronics; History; Machinery; Military computing; Nuclear electronics; Physics computing; Switches; Telecommunication computing; Telephony; Computer industry; Electronics industry; Ferrites; Magnetic materials;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
History of Telecommunications Conference, 2008. HISTELCON 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2530-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2531-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/HISTELCON.2008.4668723
Filename :
4668723
Link To Document :
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