As World War II ended, the U.S. government enlarged its role in the development and transfer of military technologies into civilian sectors. As the Cold War heated up, these federal agencies increasingly funded university researchers and labs to develop technologies, like the computer, that would ensure that the U.S. maintained economic prosperity and military dominance over the Soviet Union.  At the same time, private corporations saw opportunities for partnering with university labs and military agencies to generate profits as they strengthened their business positions in civilian sectors. This humanistic study of computer development will be of real interest to historians of technology. As a textbook on the history of computing, it will provide a human-level perspective on design and development decisions in comparison to histories that are traced from more mechanical or electronic perspectives. It will also be of interest to scholars and students who are interested in sociolinguistic questions around technology studies, as well as to readers who are interested in technology development at the nexus of politics, business, and human relations.  weiterlesen