• DocumentCode
    942123
  • Title

    How Did Computing Go Global? The Need for an Answer and a Research Agenda

  • Author

    Cortada, James W.

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Corporation
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    53
  • Lastpage
    58
  • Abstract
    The answers to how computing went global have ramifications for historians and society far beyond mere documentation. By understanding the complexities of how IT computing technology spread around the globe, we may gain insight into future technologies and be able to help shape their deployment to a larger extent, which may ultimately better benefit humankind, while learning more about how technologies have spread in the past.
  • Keywords
    DP industry; government policies; history; research initiatives; socio-economic effects; technological forecasting; technology transfer; IT computing technology; documentation; future technologies; global computing; historians; research agenda; Computers; Costs; Documentation; Education; Europe; Home computing; Humans; Marine vehicles; Military computing; Shape;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2004.1278850
  • Filename
    1278850
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=942123