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Telematics and the Early History of International Digital Information Flows (2018)

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The origins of telematics and the early history of international information flows is recounted. As a result of post-World War II efforts to encourage the free flow of data in the service of peacemaking and economic growth, the computer utility, distributed data processing services, and the post-industrial information society were born. Hand in hand with these developments emerged political and technical difficulties of data protection, network and national sovereignty, and identity. Interconnection and high-velocity information sharing encouraged culturally ingrained expectations of flow at work and in life. It also destabilized the national security, international relationships, and global commerce.

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Article N. Ensmenger (2018) The Local and the Global in the History of Computing. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing (pp. 3-4). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Laer, Arthe Van
Lindee, Susan M.
Babintseva, Ekaterina Igorevna
Steiglitz, Ken
Gawrysiak, Piotr
Yost, Jeffrey R.
Concepts
Information technology
Computers and computing
Computer science
Computer industry
Information science
Telecommunications
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
Places
Europe
Great Britain
Antarctica
Barcelona (Spain)
Catalonia (Spain)
United States
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