• DocumentCode
    1404992
  • Title

    Sovietization of Czechoslovakian Computing: The Rise and Fall of the SAPO Project

  • Author

    Durnová, Helena

  • Author_Institution
    Brno Univ. of Technol., Brno, Czech Republic
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    21
  • Lastpage
    31
  • Abstract
    After World War II, Antoni??n Svoboda returned to Czechoslovakia with experience in building analog computers, a keen interest in digital computing technology, and aspirations to establish a computer industry in his homeland. Svoboda´s original ideas were further developed by his students and colleagues and reflected in the design of SAPO, the first Czechoslovakian computer, in the 1950s.
  • Keywords
    DP industry; digital computers; Antonin Svoboda; Czechoslovakian sovietization; SAPO Project; World War II; analog computers; computer industry; digital computing technology; first Czechoslovakian computer; samocinn?? pocitac or automatic computer; Antoní SAPO computer; n Svoboda;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2010.7
  • Filename
    5406489
    • Link To Document
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