The History of Computing Foundation

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The History of Computing Foundation

• The Project

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Objectives
To register the entire history of computing To
make the projects results available via a web
site The content will be governed by the OCL
policy
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Project infrastructure
Thocp main site (from feb 2000)
Sites under construction
Sites proposed
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The concept
The entire history of computing can be seen as
weaving a carpet. There are a few main threads
but also many other threads, stories to color the
history to be told. If we recognise the timeline
as the main thread of the project then the
contents of all other threads serve to support
the timeline.
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Threads in the carpet
Year event
Person
Reference
Software
Company
Machine
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Construction of a TimeLine

• A timeline is a chronological narration of events
  in this history of computing
• The timeline is divided in years that contain the
  events
• Each year has a compartimentalisation of the five
  sections as mentioned above (e.g. company,
  person)
• This is also realised by introducing hyperlinks
  to supportive text within the site context.

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Mapping the THOCP site
Chronology
Persons
Hardware
Software
Reference
Company
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Contents architecture