O'Regan, Gerard, <br/><br/>
Introduction to the history of computing :   a computing history primer / 
Gerard O'Regan. 
 - xxi, 296 pages :   illustrations ;  24 cm. 
 - Undergraduate topics in computer science,   1863-7310 .
 - Undergraduate topics in computer science. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-291) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783319331379 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016938793 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Computer science--History.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>004.09 OR.I 2016