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Autore |
Campbell-Kelly Martin |
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Titolo |
Computer [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the information machine / / Martin Campbell-Kelly and William Aspray |
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Boulder, Colo., : Westview Press, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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0-8133-4265-1 |
1-281-60670-7 |
9786613787415 |
0-7867-2991-0 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (360 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Computers - History |
Electronic data processing - History |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-314) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Part One: BEFORE THE COMPUTER -- 1. When Computers Were People -- 2. The Mechanical Office -- 3. Babbage's Dream Comes True -- Part Two: CREATING THE COMPUTER -- 4. Inventing the Computer -- 5. The Computer Becomes a Business Machine -- 6. The Maturing of the Mainframe: The Rise and Fall of IBM -- Part Three: INNOVATION AND EXPANSION -- 7. Real Time: Reaping the Whirlwind -- 8. Software -- 9. New Modes of Computing -- Part Four: GETTING PERSONAL-- 10. The Shaping of the Personal Computer -- 11. Broadening the Appeal -- 12. From the World Brain to the World Wide Web |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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""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"" |
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