A History of Modern Computing, 2nd Edition (History of Computing)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: May 1, 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass.
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 459
ISBN-13: 9780262532037
Subjects: Computing and Information Technology; History of specific subjects; Computer Science (General); Computers; Computers - General Information; Science/Mathematics; History; Social Aspects; Technology / Social Aspects; Computer Science; Electronic data processing
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Defining "Computer" -- The advent of commercial computing, 1945-1956. -- Computing comes of age, 1956-1964. -- The early history of software, 1952-1968. -- From mainframe to minicomputer, 1959-1969. -- The "go-go" years and the System/360, 1961-1975. -- The chip and its impact, 1965-1975. -- The personal computer, 1972-1977. -- Augmenting human intellect, 1975-1985. -- Workstations, UNIX, and the net, 1981-1995. -- "Internet time," 1995-2001. -- Conclusion: The digitization of the world picture.