Computing : a concise history /

The history of computing could be told as the story of hardware and software, or the story of the Internet, or the story of "smart" hand-held devices, with subplots involving IBM, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook and Twitter. In this account of the invention and development of digital technology...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ceruzzi, Paul E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2012]
Series:MIT Press essential knowledge series.
Subjects:
Computer science > History.
Informatique > Histoire.
COMPUTERS > Computer Literacy.
COMPUTERS > Computer Science.
COMPUTERS > Data Processing.
COMPUTERS > Hardware > General.
COMPUTERS > Information Technology.
COMPUTERS > Machine Theory.
COMPUTERS > Reference.
Computer science.
COMPUTER SCIENCE/General
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The digital age
  • The first computers, 1935-1945
  • The stored program principle
  • The chip and Silicon Valley
  • The microprocessor
  • The Internet and the World Wide Web
  • Conclusion.

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