Alan Turing and his contemporaries building the world's first computers

Secret wartime projects in areas such as code-breaking, radar and ballistics produced a wealth of ideas and technologies that kick-started the development of digital computers. This is the story of the people and projects that flourished in the post-war period. Their influence is still discernable d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT (-)
Otros Autores: Lavington, Simon (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Swindon, U.K. : British Informatics Society Ltd 2012.
Edición:1st ed
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Sumario:Secret wartime projects in areas such as code-breaking, radar and ballistics produced a wealth of ideas and technologies that kick-started the development of digital computers. This is the story of the people and projects that flourished in the post-war period. Their influence is still discernable deep down within today's hardware and software.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (128 p.)
ISBN:9781780171050
9781780171067
9781780171074