Computer technology in 100 cards

Once again this year, IEEE is proposing the IEEE History Week at the beginning of October, coinciding with the traditional IEEE Day.
During the week from October 6 to 10, IEEE invites everyone to reflect on the importance of preserving the memory of the Association’s history, as well as the evolution of the technologies that form the fabric within which the Association operates.

On this occasion, the Life Members Group of the Italian Section intends to present a recent publishing initiative that briefly illustrates the past and present of digital computing tools.
Co-author of the work, titled “Computer Technology in 100 Cards”, is Professor Giacomo Bucci, together with his colleague Enrico Vicario.

Professor Bucci is Professor Emeritus at the University of Florence. Over the years, in his computing laboratory, he has gathered items to document the history of electronic computing for his students. The main goal has been to foster a better understanding—also within the university—of the computing tools, many of which have been, or still are, present on our desks.

An initial catalog of the collection was the subject of a Historical Note published by the Italian Section of IEEE, an initiative of the History Activity Committee. An expanded English version has since become a small volume published by McGraw Hill Italia, under the most fitting title “Computer Technology in 100 Cards.”
Although not exactly pocket-sized, this collection of one hundred cards can be considered a practical guide for recognizing and understanding the computing tools that have gradually become part of everyday life over the years.

The Life Members Affinity Group of the Italian Section of IEEE proposes a meeting between Professor Bucci and the Group itself to present, through the book, the history of computer education in our country.