Title :
Information Technologies in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), 1949–1989
Author :
Cortada, James W.
Abstract :
The German Democratic Republic made a major commitment to the manufacture and use of computers, following common practices embraced by communist regimes during the Cold War. This article describes the political, economic, and technical results from the founding of the GDR to its demise in 1989.
Keywords :
government data processing; information technology; Cold War; German Democratic Republic; computer manufacture; computer use; information technology; Computers; Economics; Germany; Government; History; Russia; Soviety Union; D 1-2; D 4; GDR; German Democratic Republic; Soviet Union; ZRA 1; history of computing;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2012.27
