RAND and the information evolution : a history in essays and vignettes /

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This professional memoir describes RAND's contributions to the evolution of computer science, particularly during the first decades following World War II, when digital computers succeeded slide rules, mechanical desk calculators, electric accounting machines, and analog computers. The memoir i...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Ware, Willis H.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., 2008.
Sujets:
Rand Corporation > History.
Rand Corporation
1900-1999
Geschichte 1959-1980.
Geschichte 1950-1980.
Information technology > Research > United States > History.
Computer science > Research > United States > History.
Military research > United States > History > 20th century.
Research institutes > United States > History > 20th century.
Technologie de l'information > Recherche > États-Unis > Histoire.
Informatique > Recherche > États-Unis > Histoire.
COMPUTERS > Information Theory.
COMPUTERS > History.
HISTORY > Military > General.
Computer science > Research
Information technology > Research
Military research
Research institutes
Informationstechnik
Forschung
United States
USA
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • The department
  • RAND's first computer people
  • RAND's early computers
  • A building for people with computers
  • Project essays
  • Lore, snippets, and snapshots
  • Epilogue.

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