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Alfaskop, the Glossary

Alfaskop was a brand, developed in Sweden by Standard Radio & Telefon AB (SRT) and applied to data terminals and later IBM-compatible PCs.^[1]

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Defunct companies of Sweden
Saab

Alphanumericals

Alphanumericals or alphanumeric characters are any collection of number characters and letters in a certain language.

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CeBIT

CeBIT was a computer expo which, at its peak, was the largest and most internationally representative.

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Computer network

A computer network is a set of computers sharing resources located on or provided by network nodes.

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Computer terminal

A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that can be used for entering data into, and transcribing data from, a computer or a computing system.

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Datasaab was the computer division of, and later a separate company spun off from, aircraft manufacturer Saab in Linköping, Sweden. Alfaskop and Datasaab are Defunct companies of Sweden, Defunct computer hardware companies and Saab.

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Desktop computer

A desktop computer (often abbreviated desktop) is a personal computer designed for regular use at a stationary location on or near a desk (as opposed to a portable computer) due to its size and power requirements.

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Edward H. Sussenguth

Edward H. Sussenguth Jr. (October 10, 1932 – November 22, 2015) was an American engineer and former IBM employee, known best for his work on Systems Network Architecture (SNA).

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Ericsson

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, commonly known as Ericsson, is a Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company headquartered in Stockholm.

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Ericsson Portable PC

The Ericsson Portable PC (EPPC) was a portable computer introduced by Ericsson in March 1985.

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Ethernet

Ethernet is a family of wired computer networking technologies commonly used in local area networks (LAN), metropolitan area networks (MAN) and wide area networks (WAN).

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Facit

Facit (Facit AB) was an industrial corporation and manufacturer of office products including furniture.

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Hanover

Hanover (Hannover; Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony.

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I386

The Intel 386, originally released as 80386 and later renamed i386, is a 32-bit microprocessor designed by Intel.

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IBM

International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York and present in over 175 countries.

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IBM 2260

The text-only monochrome IBM 2260 cathode-ray tube (CRT) video display terminal (Display Station) plus keyboard was a 1964 predecessor to the more-powerful IBM 3270 terminal line which eventually was extended to support color text and graphics.

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IBM 3270

The IBM 3270 is a family of block oriented display and printer computer terminals introduced by IBM in 1971 and normally used to communicate with IBM mainframes.

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IBM Lotus Freelance Graphics

Lotus Freelance Graphics is an information graphics and presentation program developed by Lotus Software (formerly Lotus Development Corp.) following its acquisition of Graphic Communications Inc in 1986.

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IBM PC–compatible

IBM PC–compatible computers are technically similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT, all from computer giant IBM, that are able to use the same software and expansion cards.

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Information technology

Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, and data and information processing, and storage.

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Intel 80286

The Intel 80286 (also marketed as the iAPX 286 and often called Intel 286) is a 16-bit microprocessor that was introduced on February 1, 1982.

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ITT Inc.

ITT Inc., formerly ITT Corporation, is an American worldwide manufacturing company based in Stamford, Connecticut.

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Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington.

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MS-DOS

MS-DOS (acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft.

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OS/2

OS/2 (Operating System/2) is a series of computer operating systems, initially created by Microsoft and IBM under the leadership of IBM software designer Ed Iacobucci.

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Paperless office

A paperless office (or paper-free office) is a work environment in which the use of paper is eliminated or greatly reduced.

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Personal computer

A personal computer, often referred to as a PC, is a computer designed for individual use.

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Pin compatibility

In electronics, pin-compatible devices are electronic components, generally integrated circuits or expansion cards, sharing a common footprint and with the same functions assigned or usable on the same pins.

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Punched card

A punched card (also punch card or punched-card) is a piece of card stock that stores digital data using punched holes.

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Punched tape

Five- and eight-hole wide punched paper tape Paper tape reader on the Harwell computer with a small piece of five-hole tape connected in a circle – creating a physical program loop Punched tape or perforated paper tape is a form of data storage device that consists of a long strip of paper through which small holes are punched.

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Radar

Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site.

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Scandinavian Airlines

Scandinavian Airlines, stylized as SAS (an abbreviation of the company's full name, Scandinavian Airlines System or legally Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark-Norway-Sweden), is a partially Danish state-owned airline and the flag carrier of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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Server (computing)

A server is a computer that provides information to other computers called "clients" on computer network.

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Standard Radio & Telefon AB

Standard Radio & Telefon AB (SRT) was a Swedish telecommunications and computer manufacturer, at one time part of the ITT Corporation.

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Stansaab

Stansaab AS was a company founded in 1971 in Barkarby, outside Stockholm, Sweden. Alfaskop and Stansaab are Defunct companies of Sweden, Defunct computer hardware companies and Saab.

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Stock exchange

A stock exchange, securities exchange, or bourse is an exchange where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities, such as shares of stock, bonds and other financial instruments.

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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries.

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Swedish krona

The krona (plural: kronor; sign: kr; code: SEK) is the currency of the Kingdom of Sweden.

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System integration

System integration is defined in engineering as the process of bringing together the component sub-systems into one system (an aggregation of subsystems cooperating so that the system is able to deliver the overarching functionality) and ensuring that the subsystems function together as a system, and in information technology as the process of linking together different computing systems and software applications physically or functionally, to act as a coordinated whole.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfaskop

Alfaskop, the Glossary

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Defunct companies of Sweden

Saab

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