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ENIAC in action : making and remaking the modern computer /

The history of the first programmable electronic computer, from its conception, construction, and use to its afterlife as a part of computing folklore.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:	Libro Electrónico
Autores principales:	Haigh, Thomas, 1972- (Autor), Priestley, Mark (Peter Mark) (Autor), Rope, Crispin (Autor)
Formato:	Electrónico eBook
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2016]
Colección:	History of computing.
Temas:	Eniac ENIAC (Computer) > History. ENIAC (Ordinateur) > Histoire. COMPUTERS > Computer Literacy. COMPUTERS > Computer Science. COMPUTERS > Data Processing. COMPUTERS > Hardware > General. COMPUTERS > Information Technology. COMPUTERS > Machine Theory. COMPUTERS > Reference. ENIAC (Computer) SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General COMPUTER SCIENCE/General History
Acceso en línea:	Texto completo

Tabla de Contenidos:

Acknowledgments; List of Recurring Characters; Archival Collections Used; Introduction; Imagining ENIAC; Structuring ENIAC; Bringing ENIAC to Life; Putting ENIAC to Work; ENIAC Arrives at the Ballistic Research Lab; EDVAC and the First Draft; Converting ENIAC; ENIAC Goes to Monte Carlo; ENIAC Tries Its Luck; ENIAC Settles Down to Work; ENIAC and Its Contemporaries Meet the "Stored Program Concept"; Remembering ENIAC; Conclusion; Notes; Index.