• DocumentCode
    899106
  • Title

    Guest Editors´ Introduction: PC Software--Word Processing for Everyone

  • Author

    Ceruzzi, Paul E. ; Grad, Burton

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Air & Space Museum, Washington, DC
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    4
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    This issue focuses on the evolution of word processing programs. Historical context is provided by Thomas Haigh, whose article chronicles the pre-PC years of word processing development and puts that application in the context of how text was prepared before the advent of PC-based software
  • Keywords
    history; word processing; PC software; word processing development; word processing historical context; word processing program evolution; Application software; Companies; Computer industry; History; Microcomputers; Personal communication networks; Project management; Technological innovation; Text processing; Writing; Altair computer; Collecting source code; Mergenthaler Photocomposition; PC Software Conference; Spreadsheets; Word processing; WordStar;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2006.65
  • Filename
    4042482
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=899106