• DocumentCode
    842533
  • Title

    Half a lifetime in computing: experiences in Zambia, Britain, and Australia

  • Author

    Macduff, Valerie A G

  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    64
  • Lastpage
    66
  • Abstract
    The author´s 35 years in the computing industry is overviewed. Her career began coincidentally with a move to Zambia in the 1960s, where she learned to program an IBM 1130. Following a move to Australia in 1989, she began her own computer consultancy to the geographical information community.
  • Keywords
    DP industry; computer centres; consultancies; geographic information systems; history; programming; IBM 1130; computer consultancy; computing experiences; computing industry; geographical information community; Accidents; Australia; Automation; Computer industry; Computer science; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Management training; Numerical analysis; Programming profession;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2003.1253891
  • Filename
    1253891
    • Link To Document
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