Transforming Computer Technology Alex Kendall optimism and humour

optimism and humour

with the high-octane decade of the Roaring Twenties

and School and Community Relations in departments of education

and life in the infant colony of Parramatta

and Chris Carter

Transforming Computer Technology Alex Kendall optimism and humourOver the course of several decades, the Pentagon's Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) helped transform computing from a cumbersome enterprise based on batch processing to the instantly interactive, graphically rich, highly intelligent computing of today. With the purpose of improving command and control systems for the military, IPTO researchers strengthened time sharing, laid the groundwork for graphics and parallel processing,