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Historical background of technical writing

Historical Background Of Technical Writing It is extremely di ?cult to trace the exact origin of written instructions It is even more di ?cult to understand and form a history sheet of technical writing events Technical writing as you know is systematic writing of instruction for the users to perform a given task It is also about documenting information that users can use Examples of Ancient Technical Writing If you do a careful study and research you will realize that this type of writing re ects in many historical and ancient scripts So it is true to say that technical writing have been around for centuries We gave this art of writing a formal name only a few decades ago Some examples of ancient technical writing are The Code of Hammurabi written in BC by King Hammurabi which describes the laws and punishments for of the ancient Mesopotamian civilization The Art of War written in BC by Sun Tzu a Chinese general is the world ? s ?rst book on war tactics The principles taught in this book can be applied to all walks of lives business sports management personal lives etc Hence people have been referring to this book for years even now The Kamasutra by sage Vatsyayana which happens to be the world ? s oldest and well- known erotic literature Darwins Origin of the Species which discusses the evolution Joseph D Chapline is probably the ?rst technical writer to have written computer related documentation users instruction manual for the BINAC computer According to some sources the early books on technical writing are A Guide to Technical Writing T A Rickard The Theory and Practice of Technical Writing Samuel Chandler Earle Samuel Earle is hence considered to be the father of technical writing The gradual but the steady growth of the ?eld of electronics motors engineering medicine pharmaceutical biomedical ?nance and space industries created a big upsurge in the US This probably increased the demand for technical writers CTechnical Writing ??A Timeline It is true to say that the advancement of technical writing started with the invention of the computer and it took the form of a upcoming and respected career with the advanced use of computers for creating software and software products It is believed that the ?rst ever published advertisement for technical writer was in the year By degree programs in technical and scienti ?c writing were o ?ered by many colleges in the US In the s the U S Department of Justice ruled that technical writing is a profession Hence this period can be said to be the golden era of technical communication In a Globe and Mail article described that the technical writers emerged in response to the explosion in the number of systems being developed In the mid s new job opportunities for technical writers were created thanks to the increase in the ISO certi ?cation requirements It is true to say that most of the organizations initially started recruiting writers to