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Control Data Institute (CDI)

Control Data Institute (CDI) was an international technical vocational school created by Control Data Corporation in the mid-1960's.

Control Data Iinstitute Historical Timeline

  • 1965 Control Data Corporation establishes Control Data Institutes in the US.
  • 1967 The first foreign Control Data Institute established in Frankfurt.
  • 1976 The PLATO computer-based education system is announced.
  • 1977 PLATO Systems are implemented at all domestic Control Data Institutes.
  • 1978 Control Data Institutes and learning centers number sixty-nine worldwide.
  • 1989 Control Data Institutes in the United States are spun off from Control Data Corporation.


Charles Babbage Institute Historical Timeline of Control Data Corporation.