Transforming Computer Technology: Information Processing for the Pentagon, 1962-1986 (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology) - Hardcover

Norberg

 
9780801851520: Transforming Computer Technology: Information Processing for the Pentagon, 1962-1986 (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0801851521 ISBN 13: 9780801851520
Publisher: John Hopkins University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This text examines the influence of the US Department of Defence, and in particular the Pentagon's Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO), on computer research and development. It looks at developments at the Defence Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency between 1962 and 1986, showing how Pentagon programmes brought about significant developments in both computer science and engineering. Topics covered include: the management of the IPTO; the origins and growth of important IPTO programmes; the interaction of the staff with the research and development community; the IPTO's role in executing research at the leading edge of computing and networking; and the assimilation of research results into systems both for the military and for civilian society.

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About the Author

Arthur L. Norberg and Judy E. O'Neill are the former director and associate director of the Charles Babbage Institute (CBI), Center for the History of Information Processing, University of Minnesota.

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Publisher
John Hopkins University Press
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0801851521
ISBN 13 
9780801851520
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
384

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