The ''IEEE Annals of the History of Computing'' is a quarterly
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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published by the
IEEE Computer Society
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. It covers the
history of computing,
computer science
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, and
computer hardware
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...
. It was founded in 1979 by the
AFIPS The American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) was an umbrella organization of professional societies established on May 10, 1961, and dissolved in 1990. Its mission was to advance knowledge in the field of information science, ...
, in particular by
Saul Rosen, who was an editor until his death in 1991.
The journal publishes scholarly articles, interviews, "think pieces," and memoirs by computer pioneers, and news and events in the field. It was established in July 1979 as ''Annals of the History of Computing'',
with
Bernard Galler as
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
. The journal became an IEEE publication in 1992, and was retitled to ''IEEE Annals of the History of Computing''. The 2020
impact factor
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was 0.741. The current editor in chief is Gerardo Con Diaz with the University of California, Davis.
See also
* ''
Technology and Culture
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''
* ''
Information & Culture
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''
*
Computer History Museum
The Computer History Museum (CHM) is a museum of computer history, located in Mountain View, California. The museum presents stories and artifacts of Silicon Valley and the information age, and explores the computing revolution and its impact o ...
*
Charles Babbage Institute
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Annals of the History of Computing
The ''IEEE Annals of the History of Computing'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the IEEE Computer Society. It covers the history of computing, computer science, and computer hardware. It was founded in 1979 by the AF ...
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History of computing
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