The gift of the lab
The gift of the labby Philip Hunter
The scientific research sector and mainstream IT are reaping the rewards of a two-way exchange of ideas. Philip Hunter plots this feverish sphere of intellectual transfer.
The relationship between scientific computing and enterprise IT has become much closer since the ascent of the World Wide Web entered into public consciousness during the 1990s. Before then scientific computing was the fount of most innovations in IT, including the Internet itself, which initially evolved as a vehicle for exchanging information and ideas within research communities.
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