Computer by Martin Campbell-Kelly

Computer by Martin Campbell-Kelly

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Tracing the development of the computer past the work of Alan Turing, John von Neuman and Steve Jobs, this title charts the work of those rightly or wrongly credited with developing the technological breakthrough that has changed our lives.

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Computer by Martin Campbell-Kelly

Computer: A History of the Information Machine, Second Edition traces the story of the computer, and shows how business and government were the first to explore its unlimited, information-processing potential. Old-fashioned entrepreneurship combined with scientific know-how inspired now famous computer engineers to create the technology that became IBM. Wartime needs drove the giant ENIAC, the first fully electronic computer. Later, the PC enabled modes of computing that liberated people from room-sized, mainframe computers. This second edition now extends beyond the development of Microsoft Windows and the Internet, to include open source operating systems like Linux, and the rise again and fall and potential rise of the dot.com industries.
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ISBN 13 9780813342641
ISBN 10 0813342643
Title Computer
Author Martin Campbell-Kelly
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
Year published 2004-08-13
Number of pages 360
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.