TY - GEN N2 - This history of the computer explores the roots of the industry's development, tracing not only the development of the machine itself--beginning with Charles Babbage's 1833 mechanical prototype--but also chronicling the effects of manufacturing and sales innovations by companies that made the boom possible. AB - This history of the computer explores the roots of the industry's development, tracing not only the development of the machine itself--beginning with Charles Babbage's 1833 mechanical prototype--but also chronicling the effects of manufacturing and sales innovations by companies that made the boom possible. T1 - Computer :a history of the information machine / DA - 2013. CY - New York : AU - Campbell-Kelly, Martin. ET - 3rd ed. CN - ProQuest Ebook Central CN - QA76.17 PB - Westview Press, PP - New York : PY - 2013. ID - 706139 KW - Computers KW - Electronic data processing SN - 9780813345918 TI - Computer :a history of the information machine / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1121291 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1121291 ER -