1. Computer Memory, Collective Memory: Recovering History through Chilean Computing.
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Medina, Eden
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COMPUTER industry , *COMPUTERS , *COMPUTER engineering , *COMPUTER systems , *HISTORY - Abstract
The article focuses on the history of the computer industry in Chile. A common misconception is that Chile does not have much of a computer history. However, Chile's history of computer use in many ways parallels that of the United States. International Business Machines Corp. was selling tabulating machines to Chilean markets by 1921 and established a Chilean branch office eight years later. It is important not to overstate the significance of Chile's computer history or of computer histories in general. But overlooking the broader potential for the histories of the computer technology would be equally egregious. Chile now boasts one of the most computer-literate work-forces of South America, but Chileans, particularly those of younger generations, know little of their country's history with this technology. The proliferation of cybercafes in downtown Santiago, Chile testifies to the growing ubiquity of computers in daily life there, yet a popular perception is that these technological systems have always originated elsewhere. INSET: History and Memory in Chile..
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- 2005
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