A history of modern computing / Paul E. Ceruzzi.
A history of modern computing / Paul E. Ceruzzi.
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
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T0370636
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English
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x, 398 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Defining "Computer" -- 1. The Advent of Commercial Computing, 1945-1956 -- 2. Computing Comes of Age, 1956-1964 -- 3. The Early History of Software, 1952-1968 -- 4. From Mainframe to Minicomputer, 1959-1969 -- 5. The Go-Go Years and the System/360, 1961-1975 -- 6. The Chip and Its Impa...
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1998.
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Massachusetts
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1998.
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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...
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A history of modern computing / Paul E. Ceruzzi.
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History of computing.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Transferred from N004.09045/1.
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T0370636
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74VM0KgWxkZg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM0KgWxkZg
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0262531690 (pbk.) :
9780262032551 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0262032554 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780262531696 (pbk.) :
9780262032551
0262032554
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004.09045
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991001695709702626
