Computer A History of the Information Machine

Name: Computer A History of the Information Machine
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ISBN: 9780465029907

ISBN-10: 0465029906

ISBN-13: 9780465029907

Edition: N/A

Authors: Martin Campbell-Kelly, William Aspray

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"Computer: A History of the Information Machine, Second Edition traces the story of the computer, and shows how business and government were the first to explore its unlimited, information-processing potential. Old-fashioned entrepreneurship combined with scientific know-how inspired now famous computer engineers to create the technology that became IBM. Wartime needs drove the giant ENIAC, the first fully electronic computer. Later, the PC enabled modes of computing that liberated people from room-sized, mainframe computers. This second edition now extends beyond the development of Microsoft Windows and the Internet, to include open source operating systems like Linux, and the rise and…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 6/11/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Martin Campbell-Kelly is Reader in Computer Science at the University of Warwick.



Acknowledgments


Introduction to the Second Edition


Introduction to the First Edition



Before the Computer



When Computers Were People



The Mechanical Office



Babbage's Dream Comes True



Creating the Computer



Inventing the Computer



The Computer Becomes a Business Machine



The Maturing of the Mainframe: The Rise and Fall of IBM



Innovation and Expansion



Real Time: Reaping the Whirlwind



Software



New Modes of Computing



Getting Personal



The Shaping of the Personal Computer



Broadening the Appeal



From the World Brain to the World Wide Web


Notes


Bibliography


Index