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Division
Records of the Computers, Systems and Electronic Division and predecessors
Catalogue reference: Division within PV
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Division within PV
Records of the Computers, Systems and Electronic Division and predecessors. Records of the Computer Aided Design Centre are in PV 1.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Division within PV
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Computers, Systems and Electronic Division and predecessors
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1968-1983
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Computers, Systems and Electronic Division and predecessors.
Records of the Computer Aided Design Centre are in PV 1.
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of Industry, Computers, Systems and Electronics Division, 1974-1980
- Department of Industry, Information Technology Division, 1980-1983
- Department of Trade and Industry, Computers, Systems and Electronics Division, 1971-1974
- Department of Trade and Industry, Electronics and Computers Division, 1970-1971
- Ministry of Technology, Computers Division, 1966-1969
- Ministry of Technology, Electronics and Computers Division, 1969-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 series
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Computing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1354/
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Records created or inherited by the Department of Industry, 1974-1983, and successors
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