From mainframes to smartphones : a history of the international computer industry / Martin Campbell-...
From mainframes to smartphones : a history of the international computer industry / Martin Campbell-...
From mainframes to smartphones : a history of the international computer industry / Martin Campbell-Kelly, Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
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G 2016/2021
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Language
English
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Physical content
vi, 240 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm.
Content type
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The mainframe computer industry -- Product differentiation, software, and services -- The international computer industry -- IBM's system/360 in the American market -- IBM's system/370 in the American market -- International reactions to system/360 and system/370 -- Microcomputers and personal compu...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2015.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
This compact history traces the computer industry from its origins in 1950 mainframes, through the establishment of standards beginning in 1965 and the introduction of personal computing in the 1980s. It concludes with the Internet's explosive growth since 1995. Across these four periods, Martin Campbell-Kelly and Daniel Garcia-Swartz describe the...
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From mainframes to smartphones : a history of the international computer industry / Martin Campbell-Kelly, Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz.
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Notes
General note
Critical issues in business history.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language note
In English.
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©2015.
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G 2016/2021
Record Identifier
74VKzbPbjRLd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzbPbjRLd
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ISBN
9780674729063 (paperback)
DDC
338.4/7004
MMS ID
991023562809702626
