Computer, Student Economy Edition

A History of the Information Machine
3. New Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-31967-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 378 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 857 g

This book covers the way computing was handled before the arrival of electronic computers. It discusses manual information processing and early technologies. The book describes the development of software technology, the professionalization of programming, and the emergence of a software industry.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Campbell-Kelly, Martin

Aspray, William

Ensmenger, Nathan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Third Edition -- Introduction -- Before the Computer -- When Computers were People -- The Mechanical Office -- Babbage’S Dream Comes True -- Creating the Computer -- Inventing the Computer -- The Computer Becomes a Business Machine -- The Maturing of the Mainframe: The Rise of IBM -- Innovation and Expansion -- Real Time: Reaping The Whirlwind -- Software -- New Modes of Computing -- Getting Personal -- The Shaping of The Personal Computer -- Broadening the Appeal -- The Internet

Über Autor(innen)

Nathan Ensmenger