Computer : a history of the information machine / Martin Campbell-Kelly ... [et. al.].
Campbell-Kelly, Martin.
2013
QA76.17 .C36 2013eb
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Title
Computer : a history of the information machine / Martin Campbell-Kelly ... [et. al.].
Author
Campbell-Kelly, Martin.
Edition
3rd ed.
ISBN
9780813345918 (electronic book)
Publication Details
New York : Westview Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xv, 360 pages) : illustrations
Call Number
QA76.17 .C36 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
004
Summary
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Preface to the Third Edition
Part One. BEFORE THE COMPUTER
When Computers Were People
The Mechanical Office
Babbage's Dream Comes True
Part Two. CREATING THE COMPUTER
Inventing the Computer
The Computer Becomes a Business Machine
The Maturing of the Mainframe : The Rise of IBM
Part Three. INNOVATION AND EXPANSION
Real Time : Reaping the Whirlwind
Software
New Modes of Computing
Part Four. GETTING PERSONAL
The Shaping of the Personal Computer
Broadening the Appeal
The Internet.

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