DocumentCode :
899244
Title :
What Should We Collect to Preserve the History of Software?
Author :
Shustek, Len
Author_Institution :
Computer History Museum
Volume :
28
Issue :
4
fYear :
2006
Firstpage :
112
Lastpage :
111
Abstract :
Software is more than cards, tapes and disks; it is the meaning of the bits that they contain. To properly preserve the history of computing, we must preserve the software code, especially the source code, for analysis by future historians.
Keywords :
Assembly; Difference engines; Distributed computing; Documentation; Guidelines; History; Programming profession; Raw materials; Software packages; Writing; Preserving software; history of programming; software history; source code repository;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1058-6180
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2006.78
Filename :
4042496
Link To Document :
https://search.ricest.ac.ir/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=899244
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