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 human kind, while learning more about how technologies have spread in the past.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 53-58 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | IEEE Annals of the History of Computing |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2004 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We wish to dedicate this paper to Stan A. Kuczaj II, who was a loving mentor, friend, and colleague and an inspiration to many of us who follow in his footsteps.