Pioneer programmer : Jean Jennings Bartik and the computer that changed the world /

"In the only autobiography by any of the six original ENIAC programmers, Bartik tells her story, exposing myths about the computer's origin and properly crediting those behind the computing innovations that shape our daily lives."--Jacket

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bartik, Jean (Autor)
Otros Autores: Rickman, Jon T. (Editor ), Todd, Kim D. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kirksville, Missouri : Truman State University Press, [2013]
Temas:
Bartik, Jean.
Bartik, Jean
1900-1999
Women computer scientists > United States > Biography.
Computer scientists > United States > Biography.
Women computer programmers > United States > Biography.
Women inventors > United States > Biography.
ENIAC (Computer) > History.
Computer industry > United States > History > 20th century.
Women in science > United States > History > 20th century.
Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination) > United States > History > 20th century.
Sex discrimination against women > United States > History > 20th century.
Informaticiennes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Informaticiens > États-Unis > Biographies.
Programmeuses > États-Unis > Biographies.
Inventrices > États-Unis > Biographies.
ENIAC (Ordinateur) > Histoire.
Informatique > Industrie > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes dans les sciences > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Plafond de verre (Discrimination dans l'emploi) > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
COMPUTERS > Computer Literacy.
COMPUTERS > Computer Science.
COMPUTERS > Data Processing.
COMPUTERS > Hardware > General.
COMPUTERS > Information Technology.
COMPUTERS > Machine Theory.
COMPUTERS > Reference.
Computer industry
Computer scientists
ENIAC (Computer)
Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination)
Sex discrimination against women
Women computer programmers
Women computer scientists
Women in science
Women inventors
United States
Biography
Autobiography
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: The start of something big
  • The originators, the women, and the ENIAC
  • My story : how it all began
  • Human "computer" to ENIAC programmer
  • Apricot brandy and nighttime logic
  • Surrounded by brilliance
  • Moving on, and the glass ceiling
  • The trial to overturn the ENIAC patent
  • The ENIAC women in the spotlight
  • Epilogue: Looking back
  • Afterword / by Kim D. Todd.

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