| Description |
x, 398 p. : ill.,charts, map, ; 23 cm. |
| Edition |
First MIT Press pbk. ed. |
| Series |
History of computing
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-382) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: defining "computer" -- The advent of commercial computing, 1945-1956 -- Computing comes of age, 1956-1964 -- The early history of software, 1952-1968 -- From mainframe to minicomputer, 1959-1969 -- The Go-Go Years and the System/360, 1961-1975 -- The chip and its impact, 1965-1975 -- The personal computer, 1972-1977 -- Augmenting human intellect, 1975-1985 -- Workstations, UNIX, and the Net, 1981-1995 -- Conclusion: the digitization of the world picture. |
| Subject(s) |
Computers -- History.
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Electronic data processing -- History.
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