A Brief History of Computing

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The history of computing has its origins at the outset of civilization, and the need for increasingly sophisticated calculations has grown as towns and communities evolved. This lively and fascinating text traces the key developments in computation - from 3000 B.C. to the present day - in an easy-to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Regan, Gerard (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:2nd ed. 2012.
Temas:
Computers-History.
Engineering.
Life sciences.
Social sciences.
Humanities.
Science.
Mathematics.
History of Computing.
Technology and Engineering.
Life Sciences.
Humanities and Social Sciences.
Physical Sciences.
Mathematics and Computing.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Computing in Early Civilisations
  • What is a Computer?- Early Computers
  • Developments in the 1950s to 1970s
  • Revolutions in the 1980s and 1990s
  • IBM
  • Technology Companies
  • The Internet Revolution
  • History of Programming Languages
  • History of Software Engineering
  • People in Computing
  • Foundations (Boole and Babbage)
  • Claude Shannon
  • Alan Turing
  • Artificial Intelligence.

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