IBM history of Far Eastern Languages in computing. Part 3. IBM Japan taking the lead, accomplishments through the 1990s

For Part 1 see "Requirements and Initial Phonetic Product Solutions in the 1960s," and for Part 2, see "Initial Efforts for Full Kanji Solutions, 1970s." The current work describes the coordination of worldwide efforts in IBM that were launched in the 1970s to ensure implementati...

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Published inIEEE annals of the history of computing Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 38 - 55
Main Authors Hensch, K., Iqi, T., Iwao, M., Oda, A., Takeshita, T.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Alamitos, CA IEEE 01.01.2005
IEEE Computer Society
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
20th century
Breakthrough Technologies
Computer languages
Data entry
Data processing
Double-Byte Coded Character Set
Fonts
General history of technology
Hardware
History
History of science and technology
Human factors
Iron
Japanese language
Kanji
Keyboards
Keywords
Laboratories
Linguistics
Marketing
Natural languages
Product development
Product lines
Programming
R&D
Research & development
Software
System performance
Technology
Type fonts
Century 20
Japan
Data processing
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Summary:For Part 1 see "Requirements and Initial Phonetic Product Solutions in the 1960s," and for Part 2, see "Initial Efforts for Full Kanji Solutions, 1970s." The current work describes the coordination of worldwide efforts in IBM that were launched in the 1970s to ensure implementation of far Eastern language requirements with IBM products, in order that IBM would maintain its leading role in the IT industry.
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ISSN:1058-6180
1934-1547
DOI:10.1109/MAHC.2005.11