A history of modern computing /

This book covers modern computing from the development of the first electronic digital computer through the dot-com crash. The author concentrates on five key moments of transition: the transformation of the computer in the late 1940s from a specialized scientific instrument to a commercial product;...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ceruzzi, Paul E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2003.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:History of computing.
Temas:
Geschichte 1945-2001.
Computers > History.
Electronic data processing > History.
Computers and civilization.
Ordinateurs > Histoire.
Informatique > Histoire.
Ordinateurs et civilisation.
COMPUTERS > History.
Computers and civilization
Computers
Electronic data processing
Computer
Datenverarbeitung
Computers.
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Defining "Computer"
  • The Advent of Commercial Computing, 1945-1956
  • Computing Comes of Age, 1956-1964
  • The Early History of Software, 1952-1968
  • From Mainframe to Minicomputer, 1959-1969
  • The "Go-Go" Years and the System/360, 1961-1975
  • The Chip and Its Impact, 1965-1975
  • The Personal Computer, 1972-1977
  • Augmenting Human Intellect, 1975-1985
  • Workstations, UNIX, and the Net, 1981-1995
  • "Internet Time," 1995-2001
  • Conclusion: The Digitization of the World Picture.

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