Introduction to the History of Computing [[electronic resource] ] : A Computing History Primer / / by Gerard O'Regan |
Autore | O'Regan Gerard |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXI, 296 p. 103 illus., 53 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 004.09 |
Collana | Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science |
Soggetto topico |
Computers
Technology - History Computers and civilization Computer industry History of Computing History of Technology Computers and Society The Computer Industry |
ISBN | 3-319-33138-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910255004703321 |
O'Regan Gerard
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It began with Babbage : the genesis of computer science / / Subrata Dasgupta |
Autore | Dasgupta Subrata |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford, University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
Disciplina | 004.09 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Computer science - History - 19th century
Computer science - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-756285-X
0-19-930942-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; It Began with Babbage; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Leibniz's Th eme, Babbage's Dream; 2. Weaving Algebraic Patterns; 3. Missing Links; 4. Entscheidungsproblem : What's in a Word?; 5 Toward a Holy Grail; 6 Intermezzo; 7 A Tangled Web of Inventions; 8 A Paradigm Is Born; 9 A Liminal Artifact of an Uncommon Nature; 10 Glimpses of a Scientifi c Style; 11 I Compute, Th erefore I Am; 12. "The Best Way to Design . . ."; 13 Language Games; 14. Going Heuristic; 15 An Explosion of Subparadigms; 16 Aesthetica; Epilogue; Dramatis Personae1; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464433603321 |
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It began with Babbage : the genesis of computer science / / Subrata Dasgupta |
Autore | Dasgupta Subrata |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford, University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
Disciplina | 004.09 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Computer science - History - 19th century
Computer science - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
0-19-930943-4
0-19-756285-X 0-19-930942-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; It Began with Babbage; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Leibniz's Th eme, Babbage's Dream; 2. Weaving Algebraic Patterns; 3. Missing Links; 4. Entscheidungsproblem : What's in a Word?; 5 Toward a Holy Grail; 6 Intermezzo; 7 A Tangled Web of Inventions; 8 A Paradigm Is Born; 9 A Liminal Artifact of an Uncommon Nature; 10 Glimpses of a Scientifi c Style; 11 I Compute, Th erefore I Am; 12. "The Best Way to Design . . ."; 13 Language Games; 14. Going Heuristic; 15 An Explosion of Subparadigms; 16 Aesthetica; Epilogue; Dramatis Personae1; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789167203321 |
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It began with Babbage : the genesis of computer science / / Subrata Dasgupta |
Autore | Dasgupta Subrata |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford, University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
Disciplina | 004.09 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Computer science - History - 19th century
Computer science - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
0-19-930943-4
0-19-756285-X 0-19-930942-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; It Began with Babbage; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Leibniz's Th eme, Babbage's Dream; 2. Weaving Algebraic Patterns; 3. Missing Links; 4. Entscheidungsproblem : What's in a Word?; 5 Toward a Holy Grail; 6 Intermezzo; 7 A Tangled Web of Inventions; 8 A Paradigm Is Born; 9 A Liminal Artifact of an Uncommon Nature; 10 Glimpses of a Scientifi c Style; 11 I Compute, Th erefore I Am; 12. "The Best Way to Design . . ."; 13 Language Games; 14. Going Heuristic; 15 An Explosion of Subparadigms; 16 Aesthetica; Epilogue; Dramatis Personae1; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814188703321 |
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Jacquard's web [[electronic resource] ] : how a hand-loom led to the birth of the information age / / by James Essinger |
Autore | Essinger James <1957-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
Disciplina |
004.09
004/.09 509 |
Soggetto topico |
Computing - History
Calculators Jacquard knitting machines Information technology - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-280577-0
1-281-34654-3 0-19-151725-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of illustrations; 1 The engraving that wasn't; 2 A better mousetrap; 3 The son of a master-weaver; 4 The Emperor's new clothes; 5 From weaving to computing; 6 The Difference Engine; 7 The Analytical Engine; 8 A question of faith and funding; 9 The lady who loved the Jacquard loom; 10 A crisis with the American Census; 11 The first Jacquard looms that wove information; 12 The birth of IBM; 13 The Thomas Watson phenomenon; 14 Howard Aiken dreams of a computer; 15 IBM and the Harvard Mark 1; 16 Weaving at the speed of light; 17 The future; Appendix 1: Charles Babbage's vindication
Appendix 2: Ada Lovelace's letter to Charles Babbage, 14 August 1843Appendix 3: How the Jacquard loom worked; Acknowledgements; Notes on sources; Bibliography; Index; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453878203321 |
Essinger James <1957->
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Jacquard's web [[electronic resource] ] : how a hand-loom led to the birth of the information age / / by James Essinger |
Autore | Essinger James <1957-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
Disciplina |
004.09
004/.09 509 |
Soggetto topico |
Computing - History
Calculators Jacquard knitting machines Information technology - History |
ISBN |
0-19-150114-X
0-19-280577-0 1-281-34654-3 0-19-151725-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of illustrations; 1 The engraving that wasn't; 2 A better mousetrap; 3 The son of a master-weaver; 4 The Emperor's new clothes; 5 From weaving to computing; 6 The Difference Engine; 7 The Analytical Engine; 8 A question of faith and funding; 9 The lady who loved the Jacquard loom; 10 A crisis with the American Census; 11 The first Jacquard looms that wove information; 12 The birth of IBM; 13 The Thomas Watson phenomenon; 14 Howard Aiken dreams of a computer; 15 IBM and the Harvard Mark 1; 16 Weaving at the speed of light; 17 The future; Appendix 1: Charles Babbage's vindication
Appendix 2: Ada Lovelace's letter to Charles Babbage, 14 August 1843Appendix 3: How the Jacquard loom worked; Acknowledgements; Notes on sources; Bibliography; Index; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782842703321 |
Essinger James <1957->
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Jacquard's web [[electronic resource] ] : how a hand-loom led to the birth of the information age / / by James Essinger |
Autore | Essinger James <1957-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
Disciplina |
004.09
004/.09 509 |
Soggetto topico |
Computing - History
Calculators Jacquard knitting machines Information technology - History |
ISBN |
0-19-150114-X
0-19-280577-0 1-281-34654-3 0-19-151725-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of illustrations; 1 The engraving that wasn't; 2 A better mousetrap; 3 The son of a master-weaver; 4 The Emperor's new clothes; 5 From weaving to computing; 6 The Difference Engine; 7 The Analytical Engine; 8 A question of faith and funding; 9 The lady who loved the Jacquard loom; 10 A crisis with the American Census; 11 The first Jacquard looms that wove information; 12 The birth of IBM; 13 The Thomas Watson phenomenon; 14 Howard Aiken dreams of a computer; 15 IBM and the Harvard Mark 1; 16 Weaving at the speed of light; 17 The future; Appendix 1: Charles Babbage's vindication
Appendix 2: Ada Lovelace's letter to Charles Babbage, 14 August 1843Appendix 3: How the Jacquard loom worked; Acknowledgements; Notes on sources; Bibliography; Index; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816565703321 |
Essinger James <1957->
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L'etica hacker e lo spirito dell'età dell'informazione / Pekka Himanen ; prologo di Linus Torvalds ; epilogo di Manuel Castells ; traduzione di Fabio Zucchella |
Autore | Himanen, Pekka |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : Feltrinelli, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 171 p. ; 22 cm |
Disciplina | 004.09 |
Collana | Serie bianca |
ISBN | 88-07-17059-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Record Nr. | UNINA-990007400860403321 |
Himanen, Pekka
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Milano : Feltrinelli, 2001 | ||
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La grande storia del computer : dall'abaco all'intelligenza artificiale / Massimo Bozzo |
Autore | BOZZO, Massimo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bari, : Dedalo (, 1996) |
Descrizione fisica | 281 p. : ill. ; 26 cm |
Disciplina | 004.09 |
Collana | Prisma |
Soggetto topico | Informatica - Storia |
ISBN | 88-220-4537-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Record Nr. | UNISA-990000442050203316 |
BOZZO, Massimo
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Bari, : Dedalo (, 1996) | ||
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Looking back and going forward in IT [Risorsa elettronica] / Jean-Pierre Corniou |
Autore | Corniou, Jean-Pierre |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; Newport Beach, CA : ISTE, 2006 |
Disciplina | 004.09 |
Soggetto non controllato | Informatica - Aspetti sociali |
ISBN | 9780470612170 |
Formato | Risorse elettroniche ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-990009798500403321 |
Corniou, Jean-Pierre
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London ; Newport Beach, CA : ISTE, 2006 | ||
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