TY  - BOOK
AU  - O'Regan,Gerard
TI  - Introduction to the history of computing : : a computing history primer 
T2  - Undergraduate topics in computer science, 
SN  - 9783319331379
U1  - 004.09 OR.I 2016 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Switzerland : 
PB  - Springer
KW  - Computer science
KW  - History
N1  - 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
ER  -