Computer : a history of the information machine

Computer a history of the information machine

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Campbell-Kelly, Martin, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Routledge [2023]
Edición:Fourth edition
Materias:
Computers > History.
Electronic data processing > History.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface to the Fourth Edition
  • Introduction
  • Part One Before the Computer
  • 1 When Computers Were People
  • 2 The Mechanical Office
  • 3 Babbage's Dream Comes True
  • Part Two Creating the Computer
  • 4 Inventing the Computer
  • Photos: From Babbage's Difference Engine to System/360
  • 5 The Computer Becomes a Business Machine
  • 6 The Maturing of the Mainframe: The Rise of IBM
  • Part Three Innovation and Expansion
  • 7 Real Time: Reaping the Whirlwind
  • 8 Software
  • Photos: From SAGE to the Internet
  • 9 New Ways of Computing
  • Part Four Getting Personal
  • 10 The Shaping of the Personal Computer
  • 11 Broadening the Appeal
  • 12 The Internet
  • Part Five The Ubiquitous Computer
  • 13 Globalization
  • 14 The Interactive Web: Clouds, Devices, and Culture
  • 15 Computing and Governance
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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