Before the computer
IBM, NCR, Burroughs, and Remington Rand and the industry they created, 1865-1956
1st pbk. ed.
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Publication
2000 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, New Jersey
Language
English
Word Count
87,500 words, Guess
Page Count
350 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebeforecomputerib00cort
- ISBN-100691050457
- ISBN-139780691050454
- OCLC Control Number47295020
- Open LibraryOL24751315M
Classifications
- DDC338.4768
- LCCHD9801.U542 C67 1993
Description
"Before the Computer fully explores the data processing industry in the United States from its nineteenth-century inception down to the period when the computer became its primary tool. James Cortada describes how many of the practices of the "office appliance industry" evolved into those of the computer world. This book challenges our view of the digital computer as a revolutionary technology - by establishing its evolutionary links to the past."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Princeton studies in business and technology
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