Lundin, Per
- Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Abstract
This paper is a presentation of a research project that aims at writing the history of computing in Sweden in the mainframe age from a user perspective. Rather than beginning with the history of hardware, this project takes as its point of departure the way in which actors in different sectors of society used computer technology in order to achieve a higher degree of control over crucial processes, whether through electronic data processing systems, process control or technical/scientific computation.
Keywords
Control; historiography; history of computing; IT-history; Sweden; users
Published in
IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
2011, volume: 350, pages: 425–432
Title: History of Nordic Computing 3
Publisher: Springer
Conference
3rd IFIP Conference on the History of Nordic Computing
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Computer Science
Technology and Environmental History
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23315-9_48
- ISBN: 978-3-642-23314-2
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/36049