| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Article number | 5723074 |
| Pages (from-to) | 2 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | IEEE Annals of the History of Computing |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2011 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:From Arthur Norberg and Judy O’Neill’s Transforming Computer Technology and Atsushi Akera’s Calculating the Natural World to Janet Abbate’s Inventing the Internet and the National Research Council volume Funding a Revolution, much quality work has been written on major computer projects financed by the US government. Far less has been written about the use of computing in government. James Cortada’s informative and impressive survey The Digital Hand, volume 3, and Paul Edwards’ The Closed World contribute meaningful discussion to the topic. Meanwhile, Jon Agar’s analysis on the interrelationship and dialogue between British bureaucracy and the mechanization of information processing over two centuries demonstrates the great value of deep analysis of government computing. For the US, many areas of government computing still remain entirely unexplored.
Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Alan Turning
- Dutch computer hobbyists
- F.C. Williams
- Henry Kissinger
- History of computing
- I.J. Good
- John von Neumann
- Manchester Baby
- Max Newman
- National Security Council
- Tom Kilburn
- computer game development