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Words and Power

Computers, Language, and U.S. Cold War Values

Bernadette Longo

978-3-030-70373-8

2021
Edition 1
- Places the development of computer science as a profession within political and cultural contexts from the end of World War II through the 1960s
- Considers contests for standardization of computer terminology as they reflect efforts from people in military, academic, professional, and corporate sectors to gain control of technology development and deployment
- Considers the effects of corporate values on post-WWII computer development
- Traces the history of the professionalization of computer science as a unique discipline and profession apart from mathematics, physics, and electrical engineering
- Considers the cultural contests for standardization of computer terminology within a linguistic framework
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