Guest Editor's Introduction: Special-Purpose Computing

David Alan Grier discusses the emigration of computing pioneers such as Frank Cary, Robert Noyce, Jack Kilby, Howard Aiken, David Packard, and Gene Amdahl from rural areas in the US. He also presents an overview of part 2 of the special issue on Bolt ...

[I]t is probable, but not proven, that play at video games accustoms the player to the kind of activity that computers also require. One must sit down in front of a computer-like object and manage it in much the same way by levers and controls that a ...

Database management systems (DBMSs) have played an outsized role in the history of software development and the creation and growth of the software products industry. Recognizing the major role played by these products, the Annals is publishing two ...