
Computer
A History of the Information Machine
Routledge (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 7. May 2019
Book
Hardback
378 pages
978-0-367-09750-9 (ISBN)
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Description
Computer: A History of the Information Machine traces the history 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 third edition provides updated analysis on software and computer networking, including new material on the programming profession, social networking, and mobile computing. It expands its focus on the IT industry with fresh discussion on the rise of Google and Facebook as well as how powerful applications are changing the way we work, consume, learn, and socialize. Computer is an insightful look at the pace of technological advancement and the seamless way computers are integrated into the modern world. Through comprehensive history and accessible writing, Computer is perfect for courses on computer history, technology history, and information and society, as well as a range of courses in the fields of computer science, communications, sociology, and management.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-09750-9 (9780367097509)
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Persons
Martin Campbell-Kelly
Author
University of Warwick, UK
Content
Preface to the Third Edition , Introduction , 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 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 , The Internet