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An edition of Computer: A History of the Information Machine (1996)

Computer

A History of the Information Machine

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This book traces the story of the computer, and shows how business and government were the first to explore its unlimited, information-processing potential.

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Westview Press
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325

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Subjects
Computers, history, Electronic data processing, Electronic digital computers, Computers--history, Electronic data processing--history, Qa76.17 .c36 2004, 004/.09
Times
1820-2003

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Table of Contents

Acknowldgements. ix
Introduction to the Second Edition. xi
Introduction to the First Edition. xiii
Part One - Before the computer
1 When Computers Were People. 3
2 The Mechanical Office. 23
3 Babbage's Dream Comes True. 45
Part Two - Creating the Computer
4 Inventing the Computer. 69
5 The Computer Becomes a Business Machine. 93
6 The Maturing of the Mainframe: The Rise and Fall of IBM. 117
Part Three - Innovation and Expansion
7 Real Time: Reaping the Whirlwind. 141
8 Software. 163
9 New Modes of Computing. 285
Part Four - Getting Personal
10 The Shaping of the Personal Computer. 207
11 Broadening the Appeal. 231
12 From the World Brain to the World Wide Web. 255
Notes. 381
Bibliography. 301
Index. 315

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The Sloan Technology Series
Copyright Date
2004

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Softcover
Pagination
xviii, 325p.
Number of pages
325
Dimensions
23 x 15 x 2 centimeters

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OL49355675M
ISBN 10
0813342643

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