• DocumentCode
    34588
  • Title

    Are Historians Failing to Tell the Real Story about the History of Computing?

  • Author

    Ceruzzi, Paul E.

  • Author_Institution
    Smithsonian Instn., USA
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    July-Sept. 2014
  • Firstpage
    94
  • Lastpage
    95
  • Abstract
    Are historians of computing failing by not incorporating the work of agencies like the NSA? If so, how would we address that deficiency, given the culture of secrecy surrounding cryptography and the unlikelihood that critical documents will be declassified in a reasonable time?
  • Keywords
    cryptography; document handling; history; NSA agencies; computing history; critical document declassification; cryptography; secrecy culture; Computer industry; History; National Security Agency; SIGABA; SIGSALY; cryptography; cryptologic history; history of computing; vocorder;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2014.33
  • Filename
    6880251
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=34588