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Author Vardalas, John N.

Title The computer revolution in Canada : building national technological competence / John N. Vardalas.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2001.

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 409 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series History of computing
History of computing.
Note Includes index.
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1 -- Canadian Military Enterprise and the University 15 2 -- The Navy's Pursuit of Self-Reliance in Digital Electronics 45 3 -- Complexity and the Military Imperative to Miniaturize 79 4 -- Civilian Public Enterprise Encourages Domestic R & D in Digital -- Electronics 105 5 -- The Effort to Create a Canadian Computer Industry 143 6 -- The Sperry Gyroscope Company of Canada and Computer Numerical -- Control 181 7 -- The Dilemma of "Buying" Mandated Subsidiaries: The Case of the Control -- Data Corporation 223 -- vi Contents Conclusion 275 Notes 303 -- Index 405.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Electronic data processing -- Canada -- History.
Electronic data processing.
Canada.
History.
Computers -- Canada -- History.
Computers.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Vardalas, John N. Computer revolution in Canada. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2001 0262220644 (DLC) 2001030234 (OCoLC)45917307
ISBN 9780262285469 (electronic book)
0262285460 (electronic book)