A history of modern computing
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Author
Publication
1998 - MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
99,500 words, Guess
Page Count
398 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL362653M
- ISBN-100262032554
- OCLC Control Number39007212
- OCLC Control Number42856065
- OCLC Control Numberhistoryofmodernc00ceru
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number98022856
- LibraryThing68415
- Goodreads2853985
Classifications
- DDC004/.09/045
- LCCQA76.17 .C47 1998
Description
This engaging history covers modern computing from the development of the first electronic digital computer through the advent of the World Wide Web. The author concentrates on four key moments of transition: the transformation of the computer in the late 1940s from a specialized scientific instrument to a commercial product; the emergence of small systems in the late 1960s; the beginnings of personal computing in the 1970s; and the spread of networking after 1985.
Subjects
Series Statement
- History of computing
Other Editions
- A history of modern computing
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