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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ceruzzi, Paul E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2003.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:History of computing.
Subjects:
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
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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