History of "accounts"
Hi all, I'm working on a project which requires me to look into the history of the concept of "accounts," as in bank accounts or social media accounts. What is it that identifies something as an "account," where did that definition come from, and what is at stake in it? I'm having a hard time finding a foothold, though - it's brutal trying to search for it point-blank given the many usages of the word "account" in the literature. Does anyone know of a history of bank accounts, social media accounts, or any other form of "account" that might be able to get me started? Much appreciative of any help, Michelle C Forelle -- PhD student USC Annenberg School of Communication @mcforelle on the tweet machine (407) 864-2225 <http://bostonmakesmusicvideos.wordpress.com/>
On 2/7/2014 7:51 PM, Michelle Forelle wrote:
Hi all,
I'm working on a project which requires me to look into the history of the concept of "accounts," as in bank accounts or social media accounts.
"Accounts" in computing began in the days of batch processing and timesharing. Here are some related links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-sharing http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/history/timesharing/timesharing.html http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Time-sharing.html http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=880740 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q07PhW5sCEk http://www.bobbemer.com/TIMESHAR.HTM Here's a bit more on banking too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_banking http://money.howstuffworks.com/personal-finance/banking/swiss-bank-account2.... http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0801059.html Good luck, Fred -- Fred Fuchs - Founder, CEO, & Producer FireSabre Consulting LLC Content Services for Virtual Worlds Creation, Events, Training, & Simulations www.linkedin.com/in/fredfuchs https://twitter.com/Fred_Fuchs --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
My thanks to everyone both on- and off-list! I really appreciate the contributions and am psyched to start reading into them. If anyone is interested in the resources I wind up putting together on the topic, email me off-list and I'll be happy to share :) Thanks, AoIR! On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Fred Fuchs <fred@firesabre.com> wrote:
On 2/7/2014 7:51 PM, Michelle Forelle wrote:
Hi all,
I'm working on a project which requires me to look into the history of the concept of "accounts," as in bank accounts or social media accounts.
"Accounts" in computing began in the days of batch processing and timesharing. Here are some related links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-sharing http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/history/timesharing/timesharing.html http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Time-sharing.html http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=880740 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q07PhW5sCEk http://www.bobbemer.com/TIMESHAR.HTM
Here's a bit more on banking too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_banking
http://money.howstuffworks.com/personal-finance/banking/swiss-bank-account2.... http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0801059.html
Good luck,
Fred
-- Fred Fuchs - Founder, CEO, & Producer FireSabre Consulting LLC Content Services for Virtual Worlds Creation, Events, Training, & Simulationswww.linkedin.com/in/fredfuchshttps://twitter.com/Fred_Fuchs
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