Between Matilde and the Internet: Computerizing the University of Costa Rica (1968-1993)

Author

Viales-Hurtado, Ronny J. ; Calderon-Saravia, Ana Lucia ; Chavarria-Camacho, David

Volume

37

Issue

4

fYear

2015

Firstpage

29

Lastpage

39

Abstract

This article analyzes the process of development of a scientific community of computer experts at the University of Costa Rica (UCR), emphasizing the historical interactions among scientists, students, and institutions, while showing the main debates and features of a specific technological project. The analysis centers on the period from UCR´s acquisition of Matilde, the first mainframe for numerical data processing (1968), to its final connection to the Internet (1993).

Keywords

Internet; data analysis; educational institutions; numerical analysis; Internet; Matilde; University of Costa Rica computerization process; historical interactions; numerical data processing; technological project; Computer science education; Data processing; Educational institutions; History; Internet; Latin America; Central American computing; Latin American computing; University of Costa Rica; computer science education; educational administrative data processing; educational computing; history of computing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1058-6180

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAHC.2015.82

Filename

7343723