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Between Matilde and the Internet: Computerizing the University of Costa Rica (1968–1993)
- IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
- IEEE Computer Society
- Volume 37, Number 4, October-December 2015
- pp. 29-39
- Article
- Additional Information
Focusing on the process of computerization at the University of Costa Rica (UCR) between 1968 and 1993, this article emphasizes the historical interactions among scientists, students, and institutions, while showing the main debates and features of a specific technological project. The analysis centers on the period between the acquisition of UCR’s first mainframe for numerical data processing and its connection to the Internet.