<div dir="ltr">Anyone here want to give Michele further pointers?<div><br></div><div>j</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Fred Fuchs</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fred@firesabre.com">fred@firesabre.com</a>></span><br>

Date: Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 10:06 PM<br>Subject: Re: [Air-L] History of "accounts"<br>To: Michelle Forelle <<a href="mailto:mcforelle@gmail.com">mcforelle@gmail.com</a>>, AoIR-L <<a href="mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org">air-l@listserv.aoir.org</a>><br>

<br><br><div class="">On 2/7/2014 7:51 PM, Michelle Forelle wrote:<br>
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Hi all,<br>
<br>
I'm working on a project which requires me to look into the history of the<br>
concept of "accounts," as in bank accounts or social media accounts.<br>
</blockquote>
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"Accounts" in computing began in the days of batch processing and timesharing. Here are some related links:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-sharing" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<u></u>Time-sharing</a><br>
<a href="http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/history/timesharing/timesharing.html" target="_blank">http://www-formal.stanford.<u></u>edu/jmc/history/timesharing/<u></u>timesharing.html</a><br>
<a href="http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Time-sharing.html" target="_blank">http://www.princeton.edu/~<u></u>achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/<u></u>Time-sharing.html</a><br>
<a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=880740" target="_blank">http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/<u></u>papers.cfm?abstract_id=880740</a><br>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q07PhW5sCEk" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?<u></u>v=Q07PhW5sCEk</a><br>
<a href="http://www.bobbemer.com/TIMESHAR.HTM" target="_blank">http://www.bobbemer.com/<u></u>TIMESHAR.HTM</a><br>
<br>
Here's a bit more on banking too:<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_banking" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<u></u>History_of_banking</a><br>
<a href="http://money.howstuffworks.com/personal-finance/banking/swiss-bank-account2.htm" target="_blank">http://money.howstuffworks.<u></u>com/personal-finance/banking/<u></u>swiss-bank-account2.htm</a><br>
<a href="http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0801059.html" target="_blank">http://www.factmonster.com/<u></u>ipka/A0801059.html</a><br>
<br>
Good luck,<br>
<br>
Fred<br>
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