ABSTRACT
Computer science has a history more deeply steeped in the industrial sector than those of most of its sister disciplines. Perhaps due to its relative youth and predominantly technological character, the history of computer science parallels the increasingly industrial basis of modern scientific practice. This interweaving of the academic and industrial spheres of computing, with their divergent imperatives, can challenge the scientific vitality of the discipline. Computer science is a science whose relationship with technology is fundamental, prompting debate within the discipline about its scientific character, a question with implications for the objectivity of its disciplinary practices.
