What should we collect to preserve the history of software?

被引:8
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作者
Shustek, Len
机构
[1] Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA
关键词
History of programming; Preserving software; Software history; Source code repository;
D O I
10.1109/MAHC.2006.78
中图分类号
TP301 [理论、方法];
学科分类号
081202 ;
摘要
Software is more than cards, tapes and disks; it is the meaning of the bits that they contain. To properly preserve the history of computing, we must preserve the software code, especially the source code, for analysis by future historians. © 2006 IEEE.
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页数:3
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