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History in the computer science curriculum

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IFIP Working Group 9.7 (History of Computing) is charged with not only encouraging the preservation of computer artifacts, the recording of the memoirs of pioneers, and the analysis of the downstream impact of computer innovations, but also on the development of educational modules on the history of computing. This paper presents an initial report on the study of the history of computing and informatics and preliminary proposals for the inclusion of aspects of the history of computing and informatics in the curriculum of university and college students.

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          cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
          ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 28, Issue 2
          June 1996
          65 pages
          ISSN:0097-8418
          DOI:10.1145/228296
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