History of Computing. Learning from the Past IFIP WG 9.7 International Conference, HC 2010, Held as Part of WCC 2010, Brisbane, Australia, September 20-23, 2010. Proceedings /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tatnall, Arthur (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 325
• Subjects: History.; Software engineering.; Computers.; Application software.; Computers and civilization.; History of Science.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.; Theory of Computation.; History of Computing.; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.; Computers and Society.

History of Computing: Learning from the Past Why is the history of computing important? Given that the computer, as we now know it, came into existence less than 70 years ago it might seem a little odd to some people that we are concerned with its history. Isn’t history about ‘old things’? Computing...