Computer, Student Economy Edition
A History of the Information Machine
3rd Edition
Published on 3. October 2018
378 pages
978-0-429-97364-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book covers the way computing was handled before the arrival of electronic computers. It discusses manual information processing and early technologies. The book describes the development of software technology, the professionalization of programming, and the emergence of a software industry.
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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
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-0-429-97364-2 (9780429973642)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Martin Campbell-Kelly | William Aspray | Nathan Ensmenger
Computer, Student Economy Edition
A History of the Information Machine
Book
05/2019
3rd Edition
Routledge
€179.51
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Persons
Nathan Ensmenger
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
