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Author:   John Impagliazzo ,  Timo Järvi ,  Petri Paju
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   2009 ed.
Volume:   303
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9783642260391

ISBN 10:   364226039
Pages:   323
Publication Date:   14 March 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Keynote Addresses.- Organizing the History of Computing.- Provisioning of Safe Train Control in Nordic Countries.- Computing and Computer Science in the Soviet Baltic Region.- Working with History and Its Usability.- What Do IT-People Know about the Nordic History of Computers and User Interfaces?.- Increasing the Museum Value of Information Technology Objects.- Preserving Our Digital Heritage: Experiences from the Pelikonepeijoonit Project.- From Computing Machines to IT.- Agentization in Computing: How to Ameliorate the Consequences of the History Today?.- Computer Fiction: “A Logic Named Joe”.- Computer System Perspectives.- Annotations of First Generation Systems Development in Sweden.- Centralized versus Decentralized Information Systems.- University Computing.- Scientific Computers at the Helsinki University of Technology during the Post Pioneering Stage.- Tool or Science? The History of Computing at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.- The Development of University Computing in Sweden 1965–1985.- University Education.- Information Processing – Administrative Data Processing.- FORTRAN II – The First Computer Language Used at the University of Iceland.- Computers, Policies and Politics.- The Development of Computer Policies in Government, Political Parties, and Trade Unions in Norway 1961–1983.- Computer Industry as a National Task.- Information Systems and Software Engineering Research and Education in Oulu until the 1990s.- The Impact of Computer Science on the Development of Oulu ICT during 1985–1990.- Perspectives on Computer Applications.- Reflections of Computing Experiences in a Steel Factory in the Early 1960s.- Early Use of the Computer for Adjusting Triangulation in Iceland.- Data Processing with Unit Record Equipment inIceland.- Publishing and Communication Applications.- Computerized Typesetting and Other New Applications in a Publishing House.- The Early Days of Computer Aided Newspaper Production Systems.- Modernizing Text and Data Networks in the Early 1980s.- Lexicography for IBM.- Software Histories.- The Development of Software Testing in Finland 1950–2000.- History of Computer Playing.- An Early Danish Computer Game.- Demoscene Platforms: A Case Study on the Adoption of Home Computers.- Panel Discussions.- IT Museums and Related Projects in the Nordic Countries.- University Education on Computers.

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