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| − | The '''Charles Babbage Institute''' (often given as '''CBI'''), now part of the University of Minnesota, promotes "research to advance understanding of computing, information, and culture"; it has an extensive archive of original computing documents (although it does not have | + | The '''Charles Babbage Institute''' (often given as '''CBI'''), now part of the University of Minnesota, promotes "research to advance understanding of computing, information, and culture"; it has an extensive archive of original computing documents (although it does not have a large collection of original artifacts, as the [[Computer History Museum|CHM]] does). |
It was founded in 1978 as the International Charles Babbage Society, in Palo Alto, California; in 1979, [[American Federation of Information Processing Societies|AFIPS]] became a principal sponsor of the Society, which was renamed the Charles Babbage Institute. In 1980, the University of Minnesota entered an agreement to sponsor and house the CBI. CBI became a graduate research center in the department of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine of the University in 2018. | It was founded in 1978 as the International Charles Babbage Society, in Palo Alto, California; in 1979, [[American Federation of Information Processing Societies|AFIPS]] became a principal sponsor of the Society, which was renamed the Charles Babbage Institute. In 1980, the University of Minnesota entered an agreement to sponsor and house the CBI. CBI became a graduate research center in the department of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine of the University in 2018. | ||
Latest revision as of 19:38, 23 December 2023
The Charles Babbage Institute (often given as CBI), now part of the University of Minnesota, promotes "research to advance understanding of computing, information, and culture"; it has an extensive archive of original computing documents (although it does not have a large collection of original artifacts, as the CHM does).
It was founded in 1978 as the International Charles Babbage Society, in Palo Alto, California; in 1979, AFIPS became a principal sponsor of the Society, which was renamed the Charles Babbage Institute. In 1980, the University of Minnesota entered an agreement to sponsor and house the CBI. CBI became a graduate research center in the department of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine of the University in 2018.
