Introduction to the history of computing : a computing history primer / Gerard O'Regan.
Material type: TextSeries: Undergraduate topics in computer sciencePublisher: Switzerland : Springer, 2016Description: xxi, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9783319331379
- 23 004.09 OR.I 2016
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-291) and index.
What is a computer? -- Computing in early civilizations -- Foundations of computing -- The first digital computers -- The first commercial computers -- Early commercial computers and the invention of the transistor -- The invention of the integrated circuit and the birth of Silicon Valley -- The IBM System/360 -- Minicomputers and later mainframes -- The microprocessor revolution -- Home computers -- The IBM personal computer -- A short history of telecommunications -- The Internet revolution -- The smartphone and social media -- History of programming languages -- History of operating systems -- History of software engineering -- History of artificial intelligence -- History of databases.
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