Words and Power: Computers, Language, and U.S. Cold War Values

by Bernadette Longo

Book Overview

When viewed through a political lens, the act of defining terms in natural language arguably transforms knowledge into values. This unique volume explores how corporate, military, academic, and professional values shaped efforts to define computer terminology and establish an information engineering profession as a precursor to what would become computer science.

As the Cold War heated up, U.S. federal agencies increasingly funded university...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303070372X
• ISBN13: 9783030703721
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"