History of Nordic Computing 2 Second IFIP WG 9.7 Conference, HiNC2, Turku, Finland, August 21-23, 2007, Revised Selected Papers /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Impagliazzo, John (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Järvi, Timo (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Paju, Petri (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Σειρά: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 303
• Θέματα: Computer science.; Computer industry.; Computers.; Education > Data processing.; Computers and civilization.; Personal computers.; Computer Science.; History of Computing.; Computers and Society.; The Computer Industry.; The Computing Profession.; Computers and Education.; Personal Computing.

 This book constitutes the refereed post conference proceedings of the Second IFIP WG 9.7 Conference on the History of Nordic Computing, HiNC 2, held in Turku, Finland, in August 2007. The 27 revised full papers presented together with three keynote addresses and two panel discussions were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on working with history and its usability; computer system perspectives; university computing; university education; computers, policies, and politics; perspectives on computer applications; publishing and communication applications; software histories; and history of computer playing. 

 Keynote Addresses -- Organizing the History of Computing -- Provisioning of Safe Train Control in Nordic Countries -- Computing and Computer Science in the Soviet Baltic Region -- Working with History and Its Usability -- What Do IT-People Know about the Nordic History of Computers and User Interfaces? -- Increasing the Museum Value of Information Technology Objects -- Preserving Our Digital Heritage: Experiences from the Pelikonepeijoonit Project -- From Computing Machines to IT -- Agentization in Computing: How to Ameliorate the Consequences of the History Today? -- Computer Fiction: “A Logic Named Joe” -- Computer System Perspectives -- Annotations of First Generation Systems Development in Sweden -- Centralized versus Decentralized Information Systems -- University Computing -- Scientific Computers at the Helsinki University of Technology during the Post Pioneering Stage -- Tool or Science? The History of Computing at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology -- The Development of University Computing in Sweden 1965–1985 -- University Education -- Information Processing – Administrative Data Processing -- FORTRAN II – The First Computer Language Used at the University of Iceland -- Computers, Policies and Politics -- The Development of Computer Policies in Government, Political Parties, and Trade Unions in Norway 1961–1983 -- Computer Industry as a National Task -- Information Systems and Software Engineering Research and Education in Oulu until the 1990s -- The Impact of Computer Science on the Development of Oulu ICT during 1985–1990 -- Perspectives on Computer Applications -- Reflections of Computing Experiences in a Steel Factory in the Early 1960s -- Early Use of the Computer for Adjusting Triangulation in Iceland -- Data Processing with Unit Record Equipment in Iceland -- Publishing and Communication Applications -- Computerized Typesetting and Other New Applications in a Publishing House -- The Early Days of Computer Aided Newspaper Production Systems -- Modernizing Text and Data Networks in the Early 1980s -- Lexicography for IBM -- Software Histories -- The Development of Software Testing in Finland 1950–2000 -- History of Computer Playing -- An Early Danish Computer Game -- Demoscene Platforms: A Case Study on the Adoption of Home Computers -- Panel Discussions -- IT Museums and Related Projects in the Nordic Countries -- University Education on Computers.