
Great Moments in Computing
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- Cover
- Contents
- Front matter
- Title page
- Publisher information
- Introduction
- Foreword by Mel Croucher
- Foreword by Robin Evans
- Great Moments in Computing
- 1 : BASE NUMBERS : cover date March 1988
- 2 : THE BAUD RATE : cover date April 1988
- 3 : DESK-TOP PUBLISHING : cover date May 1988
- 4 : THE WORD-PROCESSOR : cover date June 1988
- 5 : ASTRAL PREDICTIONS : cover date July 1988
- 6 : THE MOUSE : cover date August 1988
- 7 : COMPUTER DATING : cover date September 1988
- 8 : BOOLEAN ALGEBRA : cover date October 1988
- 9 : SYNTHETIC SPEECH : cover date November 1988
- 10 : THE MICRO CHIP : cover date December 1988
- 11 : PERSONAL ORGANISERS : cover date January 1989
- 12 : MEMORY BANKS : cover date February 1989
- 13 : SCREEN DUMPS : cover date March 1989
- 14 : SPELL CHECKERS : cover date April 1989
- 15 : ASCII CODES : cover date May 1989
- 16 : COMPUTER ENGINES : cover date June 1989
- 17 : USER FRIENDLINESS : cover date July 1989
- 18 : ECONOMIC REALITIES : cover date August 1989
- 19 : CARTRIDGES : cover date September 1989
- 20 : PORTABLES : cover date October 1989
- 21 : COMPUTER GAMES : cover date November 1989
- 22 : VDUS : cover date December 1989
- 23 : TYPE FONTS : cover date January 1990
- 24 : CURSOR CONTROL : cover date February 1990
- 25 : PUBLIC DOMAIN UTILITIES : cover date March 1990
- 26 : ROLL-PLAYING GAMES : cover date April 1990
- 27 : THE BOOT COMMAND : cover date May 1990
- 28 : TAX RECORDS : cover date June 1990
- 29 : PRINTERS : cover date July 1990
- 30 : ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE : cover date August 1990
- 31 : ELECTRONIC NEWSPAPERS : cover date September 1990
- 32 : COMPUTER CRIME : cover date October 1990
- 33 : WYSIWYG : cover date November 1990
- 34 : DOMESTIC ROBOTS : cover date December 1990
- 35 : SANTA CLAUS : cover date January 1991
- 36 : DISC DRIVES : cover date February 1991
- 37 : FLIGHT SIMULATORS : cover date March 1991
- 38 : ASTRAL NAVIGATION : cover date April 1991
- 39 : HACKING : cover date May 1991
- 40 : MEMORY STORAGE : cover date June 1991
- 41 : FAX CARDS : cover date July 1991
- 42 : JARGON : cover date August 1991
- 43 : CHARLES BABBAGE : cover date September 1991
- 44 : BACK-UP DISCS : cover date October 1991
- 45 : ERROR CODES : cover date November 1991
- 46 : DIGITAL DISPLAYS : cover date December 1991
- 47 : RGB : cover date January 1992
- 48 : HEXADECIMALS : cover date February 1992
- 49 : A.I. : cover date March 1992
- 50 : SYNTAX CHECKERS : cover date April 1992
- 51 : BUGS : cover date May 1992
- 52 : RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS : cover date June 1992
- 53 : MOUSE CONTROL : cover date July 1992
- 54 : VIRTUAL REALITY : cover date August 1992
- 55 : MS-DOS : cover date September 1992
- 56 : FLY BY WIRE : cover date October 1992
- 57 : SYSTEM MANUALS : cover date November 1992
- 58 : VOICE RECOGNITION : cover date December 1992
- 59 : SELF IMPROVEMENT SOFTWARE : cover date January 1993
- 60 : BASIC : cover date February 1993
- 61 : THE WIMP ENVIRONMENT : cover date March 1993
- 62 : UPWARD COMPATIBILITY : cover date April 1993
- 63 : SPECIAL EFFECTS : cover date May 1993
- 64 : LEISURE : cover date June 1993
- 65 : HEALTH & EFFICIENCY : cover date July 1993
- 66 : MAIL-ORDER COMPUTING : cover date August 1993
- 67 : TRACKER BALLS : cover date September 1993
- 68 : HAND-SHAKES : cover date October 1993
- 69 : VIDEO ENHANCEMENT : cover date November 1993
- 70 : OPTICAL DRIVES : cover date December 1993
- 71 : THE 3 LAWS OF COMPUTING : cover date January 1994
- 72 : FLIGHT SIMULATORS : cover date February 1994
- 73 : BEATING THE SYSTEM : cover date March 1994
- 74 : BUBBLE JETS : cover date April 1994
- 75 : SYSTEM ACCESS : cover date May 1994
- 76 : DOT-MATRIX PRINTERS : cover date June 1994
- 77 : COMPUTER PORNOGRAPHY : cover date July 1994
- 78 : MODEMS : cover date August 1994
- 79 : THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY : cover date September 1994
- 80 : LOST DATA : cover date October 1994
- 81 : NETS : cover date November 1994
- 82 : POINT-AND-CLICK ICONS : cover date December 1994
- 83 : LOCAL BUS : cover date January 1995
- 84 : FLAMING : cover date February 1995
- 85 : COMPUTER SHOPPING : cover date March 1995
- 86 : PROCESSING ERRORS : cover date April 1995
- 87 : NET-SURFING : cover date May 1995
- 88 : JOYSTICK CONTROL : cover date June 1995
- 89 : MONITORS : cover date July 1995
- 90 : RAM-RAIDERS : cover date August 1995
- 91 : BYTES : cover date September 1995
- 92 : VIDEO-ON-DEMAND : cover date October 1995
- 93 : PC-TV : cover date November 1995
- 94 : ON-LINE ENTERTAINMENT : cover date December 1995
- 95 : PASSWORD PROTECTION : cover date January 1996
- 96 : FOOTPRINTS : cover date February 1996
- 97 : REMOTE LEARNING : cover date March 1996
- 98 : DOCKING STATIONS : cover date April 1996
- 99 : INKJETS : cover date May 1996
- 100 : BASE NUMBERS : cover date June 1996
- 101 : WEB SERVERS : cover date July 1996
- 102 : FIRST TIME USERS : cover date August 1996
- 103 : A-MAIL : cover date September 1996
- 104 : ELECTRONIC BANKING : cover date October 1996
- 105 : HELP FILES : cover date November 1996
- 106 : DEFRAGMENTATION : cover date December 1996
- 107 : SCROLLING : cover date January 1997
- 108 : DIGITAL CAMERAS : cover date February 1997
- 109 : BASE NUMBERS : cover date March 1997
- 110 : FLASH-MEMORY : cover date April 1997
- 111 : MORPHING : cover date May 1997
- 112 : BACK-UP FILES : cover date June 1997
- 113 : ZIP DRIVES : cover date July 1997
- 114 : BITMAPS : cover date August 1997
- 115 : THE MILLENNIUM BUG : cover date September 1997
- 116 : FLATBED SCANNERS : cover date October 1997
- 117 : APPLE : cover date November 1997
- 118 : CYBERSEX : cover date December 1997
- 119 : THE PAPERLESS OFFICE : cover date January 1998
- 120 : THE FIRST TEN YEARS : cover date February 1998
- 121 : THE NEXT TEN YEARS : cover date March 1998
- 122 : WEB BROWSERS : cover date April 1998
- 123 : GRACE HOPPER : cover date May 1998
- 124 : LAPTOP CONTROL : cover date June 1998
- 125 : TRACK PADS : cover date July 1998
- 126 : THE POCKET CALCULATOR : cover date August 1998
- 127 : SUMMER SPECIAL : cover date September 1998
- 128 : SUMMER SPECIAL : cover date October 1998
- 129 : INFRA-RED CONTROL : cover date November 1998
- 130 : THE BUS : cover date December 1998
- 131 : CONTROL SYSTEMS : cover date January 1999
- 132 : THE MILLENNIUM BUG : cover date February 1999
- 133 : THE MYSTERY OF STONEHENGE : cover date March 1999
- 134 : INFRA-RED COMMS : cover date April 1999
- 135 : AUDIO-CONTROL : cover date May 1999
- 136 : E-COMMERCE : cover date June 1999
- 137 : ELECTRONIC MAIL : cover date July 1999
- 138 : SMART BOMBS : cover date August 1999
- 139 : WEB-MASTERS : cover date September 1999
- 140 : DEDICATED SERVERS : cover date October 1999
- 141 : C.A.D. : cover date November 1999
- 142 : FREECOLOURPRINTERS.CO.UK : cover date December 1999
- 143 : BROWSERS : cover date January 2000
- 144 : E-COMMERCE : cover date February 2000
- 145 : LINUX : cover date March 2000
- 146 : WAP TECHNOLOGY : cover date April 2000
- 147 : SYSTEMS ACCESS GATES : cover date May 2000
- 148 : PALM TOPS : cover date June 2000
- 149 : DOT.COMS : cover date July 2000
- 150 : MP3 : cover date August 2000
- 151 : DOMAIN NAMES : cover date September 2000
- 152 : PDAs : cover date October 2000
- 153 : FLOATING POINT ARITHMETIC : cover date November 2000
- 154 : BANDWIDTH : cover date December 2000
- 155 : SEARCH ENGINES : cover date January 2001
- 156 : ROBOTICS : cover date February 2001
- 157 : 2001 : cover date March 2001
- 158 : FLAT SCREEN TECHNOLOGY : cover date April 2001
- 159 : RISC CHIPS : cover date May 2001
- 160 : WIRE-FRAME GRAPHICS : cover date June 2001
- 161 : NANNY SOFTWARE : cover date July 2001
- 162 : BROAD BAND : cover date August 2001
- 163 : PDAs : cover date September 2001
- 164 : THE LAWS OF ROBOTICS : cover date October 2001
- 165 : NAME SEARCHES : cover date November 2001
- 166 : COOKIES : cover date December 2001
- 167 : SMILEYS : cover date January 2002
- 168 : WINDOWS XP : cover date February 2002
- 169 : FIREWALLS : cover date March 2002
- 170 : SMART MOBILITY : cover date April 2002
- 171 : WINDOWS XP : cover date May 2002
- 172 : PLOTTERS : cover date June 2002
- 173 : THE POP3 BOX : cover date July 2002
- 174 : PAYPAL : cover date August 2002
- 175 : THE DATA PROTECTION ACT : cover date September 2002
- 176 : BINARY NUMBERS : cover date October 2002
- 177 : FIREWIRE TECHNOLOGY : cover date November 2002
- 178 : FTP CODES : cover date December 2002
- 179 : SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY : cover date January 2003
- 180 : FTP CODES : cover date February 2003
- 181 : GPS : cover date March 2003
- 182 : DATA BACK-UPS : cover date April 2003
- 183 : TABLET COMPUTERS : cover date May 2003
- 184 : MEMORY CARDS : cover date June 2003
- 185 : COMPUTER PETS : cover date July 2003
- 186 : NANOBOTS : cover date August 2003
- 187 : BLUETOOTH : cover date September 2003
- 188 : COOLING FANS : cover date October 2003
- 189 : INTELLIGENT ROBOTS : cover date November 2003
- 190 : WINDOWS SECURITY : cover date December 2003
- 191 : SCREENSAVER OPTIONS : cover date January 2004
- 192 : HOTMAIL ACCOUNTS : cover date February 2004
- 193 : THE MEMORY STICK : cover date March 2004
- 194 : DOCUMENT HANDLING : cover date April 2004
- 195 : SOUND CARDS : cover date May 2004
- 196 : WEAPONS GUIDANCE SYSTEMS : cover date June 2004
- 197 : FOLDERS : cover date July 2004
- 198 : ID CARDS : cover date August 2004
- 199 : FLASH DRIVES : cover date September 2004
- 200 : BASE NUMBERS : cover date October 2004
- 201 : INPUT/OUTPUT : cover date November 2004
- 202 : CHIP AND PIN : cover date December 2004
- 203 : THE BLACKBERRY : cover date January 2005
- 204 : MEMORY UPGRADES : cover date February 2005
- 205 : APPLE MARKETING : cover date March 2005
- 206 : ELECTRONIC VOTING : cover date April 2005
- 207 : LEISURE SOFTWARE : cover date May 2005
- 208 : NUMERIC ZERO : cover date June 2005
- 209 : SPYWARE : cover date July 2005
- 210 : COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN : cover date August 2005
- 211 : SCREEN CURSORS : cover date September 2005
- 212 : THE GOLDEN RATIO : cover date October 2005
- 213 : WEBSITE OPTIMISATION : cover date November 2005
- 214 : BACKING UP DATA : cover date December 2005
- 215 : THE GRAPHICS TABLET : cover date January 2006
- 216 : SYNTHETIC SPEECH : cover date February 2006
- 217 : DIGITAL PROJECTORS : cover date March 2006
- 218 : DOWNLOADS : cover date April 2006
- 219 : PIXILATION : cover date May 2006
- 220 : WINDOWS VISTA : cover date June 2006
- 221 : USB COMMUNICATIONS : cover date July 2006
- 222 : SECURITY TAGGING : cover date August 2006
- 223 : FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE : cover date September 2006
- 224 : WINDOWS MANUALS : cover date October 2006
- 225 : POWERPOINT : cover date November 2006
- 226 : RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY : cover date December 2006
- 227 : NETWORK CRASHES : cover date January 2007
- 228 : RING TONES : cover date February 2007
- 229 : MACBITER : cover date March 2007
- 230 : WI-FI ZONES : cover date April 2007
- 231 : FLASH MEMORY : cover date May 2007
- 232 : YOUTUBE : cover date June 2007
- 233 : CULT CHARACTERS : cover date July 2007
- 234 : THE SURVEILLANCE SOCIETY : cover date August 2007
- 235 : THE SLIDE RULE : cover date September 2007
- 236 : PREDICTIVE TEXT : cover date October 2007
- 237 : DENIAL OF SERVICE : cover date November 2007
- 238 : ONLINE ATTACHMENTS : cover date December 2007
- 239 : SCANNERS : cover date January 2008
- 240 : SKYPE : cover date February 2008
- 241 : GREAT MOMENTS IN COMPUTING : cover date March 2008
- 242 : ONLINE ORDERING : cover date April 2008
- 243 : GRAPHIC ICONS : cover date May 2008
- 244 : IDENTITY THEFT : cover date June 2008
- 245 : PODCASTS : cover date July 2008
- 246 : THE DONGLE : cover date August 2008
- 247 : SOCIAL NETWORKS : cover date September 2008
- 248 : HOT KEYS : cover date October 2008
- 249 : GRAPHIC FILE FORMATS : cover date November 2008
- 250 : DRAG-AND-DROP : cover date December 2008
- 251 : OPEN SOURCE : cover date January 2009
- 252 : ONLINE BANKING : cover date February 2009
- 253 : ELECTRONIC VOTING : cover date March 2009
- 254 : BENCHMARK PERFORMANCE : cover date April 2009
- 255 : THE BLACKBERRY : cover date May 2009
- 256 : PROBABILITY THEORY : cover date June 2009
- 257 : TOUCH SCREENS : cover date July 2009
- 258 : MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS : cover date August 2009
- 259 : HARD DRIVE CRASHES : cover date September 2009
- 260 : BIOMETRICS : cover date October 2009
- 261 : NAMING PROTOCOLS : cover date November 2009
- 262 : BLOGGING : cover date December 2009
- 263 : FIELD TESTING : cover date January 2010
- 264 : DRAG AND DROP : cover date February 2010
- 265 : WINDOWS 7 : cover date March 2010
- 266 : APPLE : cover date April 2010
- 267 : WIKIPEDIA : cover date May 2010
- 268 : AUTOMATION : cover date June 2010
- 269 : ONLINE BANKING : cover date July 2010
- 270 : BLU RAY : cover date August 2010
- 271 : ONLINE BOOKING : cover date September 2010
- 272 : PRINT ON DEMAND : cover date October 2010
- 273 : SCREEN GLARE : cover date November 2010
- 274 : SERVER SPEEDS : cover date December 2010
- 275 : PCs : cover date January 2011
- 276 : PAYPAL : cover date February 2011
- 277 : PODCASTS : cover date March 2011
- 278 : 3D TV : cover date April 2011
- 279 : PASSWORDS : cover date May 2011
- 280 : KINDLE : cover date June 2011
- 281 : THUMBNAILS : cover date July 2011
- 282 : AMAZON : cover date August 2011
- 283 : TABLETS : cover date September 2011
- 284 : JUNK MAIL : cover date October 2011
- 285 : COMPUTER CHESS : cover date November 2011
- 286 : VOICE COMMANDS : cover date December 2011
- 287 : SOFTWARE UPGRADES : cover date January 2012
- 288 : CYBER-BULLYING : cover date February 2012
- 289 : PASSWORDS : cover date March 2012
- 290 : ARGOS : cover date April 2012
- 291 : THE CLOUD : cover date May 2012
- 292 : FACEBOOK : cover date June 2012
- 293 : TROLLING : cover date July 2012
- 294 : IPAD : cover date August 2012
- 295 : AUTOMATIC CHECK-OUTS : cover date September 2012
- 296 : THE ZERO : cover date October 2012
- 297 : FLIGHT SIMULATORS : cover date November 2012
- 298 : SIRI : cover date December 2012
- 299 : THE BIBLE : cover date January 2013
- 300 : BASE NUMBERS : cover date February 2013
- 301 : #THE HASH : cover date March 2013
- 302 : SMS : cover date April 2013
- 303 : AUGMENTED REALITY : cover date May 2013
- 304 : MEMORY STICKS : cover date June 2013
- 305 : COOLING FANS : cover date July 2013
- 306 : CROWD FUNDING : cover date August 2013
- 307 : DRONES : cover date September 2013
- 308 : GOOGLE GLASS : cover date October 2013
- 309 : STREET VIEW : cover date November 2013
- 310 : THE BLACKBERRY : cover date December 2013
- 311 : LIGHT PENS : cover date January 2014
- 312 : CYBERSEX : cover date February 2014
- 313 : 3D PRINTERS : cover date March 2014
- 314 : BITCOINS : cover date April 2014
- 315 : P2P : cover date May 2014
- 316 : VDUs : cover date June 2014
- 317 : SILICON VALLEY : cover date July 2014
- 318 : 4G : cover date August 2014
- 319 : POP-UPS : cover date September 2014
- 320 : PARENTAL CONTROLS : cover date October 2014
- 321 : SOFTWARE UPGRADES : cover date November 2014
- 322 : XBOX : cover date December 2014
- 323 : XBOX LIVE : cover date January 2015
- 324 : TUMBLR : cover date February 2015
- 325 : PHOTOSHOP : cover date March 2015
- 326 : DATA SPEED : cover date April 2015
- 327 : SELFIES : cover date May 2015
- 328 : ROBOT CARS : cover date June 2015
- 329 : DOT MATRIX : cover date July 2015
- 330 : DRONES : cover date August 2015
- 331 : SPOTIFY : cover date September 2015
- 332 : BATTERY LIFE : cover date October 2015
- 333 : THE SPACE BAR : cover date November 2015
- 334 : PETABYTES : cover date December 2015
- 335 : SCREEN SAVERS : cover date January 2016
- 336 : MOORE'S LAW : cover date February 2016
- 337 : SIRI : cover date March 2016
- 338 : MAILING LISTS : cover date April 2016
- 339 : WEATHER APPS : cover date May 2016
- 340 : GO-PRO : cover date June 2016
- 341 : SNAPCHAT : cover date July 2016
- 342 : FLOPPY DISKS : cover date August 2016
- 343 : BLOCK CHAINS : cover date September 2016
- 344 : COMPUTER MANUALS : cover date October 2016
- 345 : TRANSISTORS : cover date November 2016
- 346 : POKÉMON GO : cover date December 2016
- 347 : CAPS LOCK : cover date January 2017
- 348 : G.U.I. : cover date February 2017
- 349 : TETRIS : cover date March 2017
- 350 : THE ANTIKYTHERA : cover date April 2017
- 351 : VR : cover date May 2017
- 352 : SMART HOMES : cover date June 2017
- 353 : PODCASTS : cover date July 2017
- 354 : ELON MUSK : cover date August 2017
- 355 : FAKE NEWS : cover date September 2017
- 356 : THE ABACUS : cover date October 2017
- 357 : TETHERING : cover date November 2017
- 358 : DEF CON : cover date December 2017
- 359 : THE PERIODIC TABLE : cover date January 2018
- 360 : COMPUTER SHOPPER : cover date February 2018
- 666 : AD-ONS : cover date unknown
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