Between Matilde and the Internet: Computerizing the University of Costa Rica (1968-1993)

 

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Autori: Viales Hurtado, Ronny José, Calderón Saravia, Ana Lucía, Chavarría Camacho, David
Format: artículo original
Datum izdanja:2015
Opis:This article analyzes the process of development of a scientific community of computer experts at the University of Costa Rica (UCR), emphasizing the historical interactions among scientists, students, and institutions, while showing the main debates and features of a specific technological project. The analysis centers on the period from UCR's acquisition of Matilde, the first mainframe for numerical data processing (1968), to its final connection to the Internet (1993).
Zemlja:Kérwá
Institucija:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/76852
Online pristup:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7343723
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/76852
Ključna riječ:Data processing
Computer science education
Educational institutions
Internet
Latin America
History
Numerical analysis
Data analysis
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