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Division
Records of the Electronic Applications Division
Catalogue reference: Division within PV
What's it about?
Division within PV
Electronic Applications Division, registered files (LM Series), are in PV 6.
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 Electronic Applications Division
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1972-1983
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Description (What the record is about)
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Electronic Applications Division, registered files (LM Series), are in PV 6.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records of the Computers, Systems and Electronics Division are in: PV 1
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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, 1974-1983
- Department of Trade and Industry, 1983-2007
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Division was established to provide support to industry in the field of microprocessor (later micro-electronics) applications. It sponsored the electronic components industry, including electronic points of sale and vending machines, weighing machines and visual displays, the opto-electronics and electro-optics industries and the scientific instruments and electronic test and measuring instruments industries. The process was managed through various projects and schemes managed by the Division:- the Micro Application Project (MAP), the Electronics Components Industry Scheme (ECIS), the Micro-electronics Industry Support Programme (MISP), the Computer Aided Design Manufacturing and Testing Scheme (CADMAT), the Fibre Optics and Opto-Electronics Support Scheme (FOS) and the Joint Opto Electronics Research Scheme (JOERS).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1389/
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