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Ministry of Technology and successors: Computers Division and successors: Registered...
Catalogue reference: FV 29
What's it about?
FV 29
Contains registered files in the CS series used by the Computers Division of the Ministry of Technology (Mintech); the Electronics and Computers Division and Systems and Automation Division of both Mintech and the Department of Trade and...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FV 29
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Technology and successors: Computers Division and successors: Registered Files (CS Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1963-1984
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Description (What the record is about)
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Contains registered files in the CS series used by the Computers Division of the Ministry of Technology (Mintech); the Electronics and Computers Division and Systems and Automation Division of both Mintech and the Department of Trade and Industry; the Computer Systems and Electronics Division of both DTI and the Department of Industry and the Information Technology Division of the Department of Industry.
The topics covered include the formation of Government computer policy towards the British computer industry, including the report of the Working Group on Computers for Research (Flowers Group), the papers of the Advanced Computer Techniques Project, the Automation Steering Group and individual contracts with hardware and software manufacturers for Government-sponsored projects.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For files of the Computer Aided Design Centre see: PV 1
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- CS file series
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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, Electronics and Computers Division, 1969-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 57 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1995 Department of Trade and Industry
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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
- Trade and commerce
- Computing
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8514/
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Ministry of Technology and successors: Computers Division and successors: Registered Files (CS Series)
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