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The information society : a study of continuity and change / / John Feather [[electronic resource]]
| The information society : a study of continuity and change / / John Feather [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Feather John |
| Edizione | [Sixth edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Facet, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxi, 218 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 303.4833 |
| Soggetto topico |
Information society
Information technology - History Information technology - Social aspects Information storage and retrieval systems Digital divide Telecommunication policy |
| ISBN | 1-85604-959-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part 1: The historical dimension. From script to print -- Mass media and new technology -- Part 2: The economic dimension. The information market-place -- Access to information -- Part 3: The political dimension. Information rich and information poor -- Information, the state and the citizen -- Part 4: The information profession. The information profession: A domain delineated. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828380403321 |
Feather John
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| London : , : Facet, , 2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Jacquard's web [[electronic resource] ] : how a hand-loom led to the birth of the information age / / by James Essinger
| 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 |
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Essinger James <1957->
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| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007, c2004 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Jacquard's web [[electronic resource] ] : how a hand-loom led to the birth of the information age / / by James Essinger
| 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 |
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Essinger James <1957->
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| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007, c2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Jacquard's web : how a hand-loom led to the birth of the information age / / by James Essinger
| Jacquard's web : how a hand-loom led to the birth of the information age / / by James Essinger |
| Autore | Essinger James <1957-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| 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 |
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Essinger James <1957->
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| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007, c2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Looking back and going forward in IT [[electronic resource] /] / Jean-Pierre Corniou
| Looking back and going forward in IT [[electronic resource] /] / Jean-Pierre Corniou |
| Autore | Corniou Jean-Pierre |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Newport Beach, CA, : ISTE, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
| Disciplina | 004.09 |
| Collana | ISTE |
| Soggetto topico |
Information technology - History
Management information systems Information technology - Social aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-51064-1
9786610510641 1-84704-508-1 0-470-61217-7 0-470-39482-X 1-84704-608-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Looking Back and Going Forward in IT; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction - All Set for an E-journey; Chapter 1. The First Information Revolution; 1.1. Information: the catalyst for the development of the human community; 1.2. Writing; 1.3. Counting; 1.4. Sorting: Hollerith's tabulating machines; 1.5. Europe lagging behind; Chapter 2. From Electromechanics to Electronics; 2.1. The NCR crucible; 2.2. A company named CTR; 2.3. IT: a product of World War II; 2.4. IT: a complex, precious and expensive commodity; 2.4.1. The UNIVAC venture; 2.4.2. The IBM riposte; 2.4.3. The BUNCH
2.5. The trials and tribulations of IT in Europe2.5.1. France: caught between state intervention and US domination; 2.5.2. Great Britain's vanishing greatness; 2.6. Centralization of IT power and work organization; Chapter 3. The Dawn of the Digital Era; 3.1. The quest for new freedom; 3.2. The colorful saga of major firsts; 3.2.1. The first micro-computers; 3.2.2. Sources of inspiration; 3.2.2.1. PARC; 3.2.2.2. MIT; 3.2.3. The first groundbreaking software; 3.2.3.1. The spreadsheet revolution; 3.2.3.2. An e-mail odyssey; 3.2.3.3. The birth of Bill Gates and Microsoft 3.2.3.4. The world of games3.2.4. A three-dimensional world; 3.2.5. Scientific instrumentation through servers: the story of HP; 3.3. The internet explosion; 3.3.1. From ARPANET to the web; 3.3.2. 1993: the official birth of the web; Chapter 4. Light and Shade in the Digital World; 4.1. The family tree of the digital world; 4.1.1. Stalwarts undergoing change; 4.1.1.1. Honor to whom honor is due; 4.1.1.2. Telephone companies; 4.1.2. How golden was my Valley!; 4.1.3. Integrated software editors; 4.1.4. Microsoft: an entirely separate case; 4.1.5. The web generation 4.1.6. The inescapable consultants and service providers4.2. The slippery slope; 4.2.1. The victims of the second wave; 4.2.2. Ousted leaders; 4.2.3. Micro-computing à la française; 4.2.4. Broken promises: could do better!; 4.3. The engines powering progress in the digital era; 4.3.1. Human/machine interface; 4.3.2. The laws in the new world; 4.3.2.1. Moore's Law; 4.3.2.2. Metcalfe's Law; 4.3.2.3. Ruettger's Law; 4.3.2.4. Gilder's Law; 4.3.2.5. Shannon's Law; 4.3.3. Machine diversification and interoperability; Chapter 5. The Promise and Reality of New Technology 5.1. IT effectiveness called into question5.2. The value of IT; 5.2.1. IT and economic savings: can the case be closed?; 5.2.1.1. The macroeconomic approach; 5.2.1.2. The microeconomic approach; 5.3. The IT sector set up as a model; 5.4. Telecommunications in the eye of the storm; 5.5. Shifting boundaries and extended companies; 5.6. Corporate network players; 5.6.1. The customer is always right!; 5.6.2. Marketplaces; 5.6.3. Employee-centric; 5.7. New opportunities and new competition; 5.8. The new time/space framework; Chapter 6. IT Policies in Efficient Enterprises 6.1. Reduce the shortfall between promises and reality |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910143318303321 |
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Corniou Jean-Pierre
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| London ; ; Newport Beach, CA, : ISTE, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Looking back and going forward in IT [[electronic resource] /] / Jean-Pierre Corniou
| Looking back and going forward in IT [[electronic resource] /] / Jean-Pierre Corniou |
| Autore | Corniou Jean-Pierre |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Newport Beach, CA, : ISTE, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
| Disciplina | 004.09 |
| Collana | ISTE |
| Soggetto topico |
Information technology - History
Management information systems Information technology - Social aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-51064-1
9786610510641 1-84704-508-1 0-470-61217-7 0-470-39482-X 1-84704-608-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Looking Back and Going Forward in IT; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction - All Set for an E-journey; Chapter 1. The First Information Revolution; 1.1. Information: the catalyst for the development of the human community; 1.2. Writing; 1.3. Counting; 1.4. Sorting: Hollerith's tabulating machines; 1.5. Europe lagging behind; Chapter 2. From Electromechanics to Electronics; 2.1. The NCR crucible; 2.2. A company named CTR; 2.3. IT: a product of World War II; 2.4. IT: a complex, precious and expensive commodity; 2.4.1. The UNIVAC venture; 2.4.2. The IBM riposte; 2.4.3. The BUNCH
2.5. The trials and tribulations of IT in Europe2.5.1. France: caught between state intervention and US domination; 2.5.2. Great Britain's vanishing greatness; 2.6. Centralization of IT power and work organization; Chapter 3. The Dawn of the Digital Era; 3.1. The quest for new freedom; 3.2. The colorful saga of major firsts; 3.2.1. The first micro-computers; 3.2.2. Sources of inspiration; 3.2.2.1. PARC; 3.2.2.2. MIT; 3.2.3. The first groundbreaking software; 3.2.3.1. The spreadsheet revolution; 3.2.3.2. An e-mail odyssey; 3.2.3.3. The birth of Bill Gates and Microsoft 3.2.3.4. The world of games3.2.4. A three-dimensional world; 3.2.5. Scientific instrumentation through servers: the story of HP; 3.3. The internet explosion; 3.3.1. From ARPANET to the web; 3.3.2. 1993: the official birth of the web; Chapter 4. Light and Shade in the Digital World; 4.1. The family tree of the digital world; 4.1.1. Stalwarts undergoing change; 4.1.1.1. Honor to whom honor is due; 4.1.1.2. Telephone companies; 4.1.2. How golden was my Valley!; 4.1.3. Integrated software editors; 4.1.4. Microsoft: an entirely separate case; 4.1.5. The web generation 4.1.6. The inescapable consultants and service providers4.2. The slippery slope; 4.2.1. The victims of the second wave; 4.2.2. Ousted leaders; 4.2.3. Micro-computing à la française; 4.2.4. Broken promises: could do better!; 4.3. The engines powering progress in the digital era; 4.3.1. Human/machine interface; 4.3.2. The laws in the new world; 4.3.2.1. Moore's Law; 4.3.2.2. Metcalfe's Law; 4.3.2.3. Ruettger's Law; 4.3.2.4. Gilder's Law; 4.3.2.5. Shannon's Law; 4.3.3. Machine diversification and interoperability; Chapter 5. The Promise and Reality of New Technology 5.1. IT effectiveness called into question5.2. The value of IT; 5.2.1. IT and economic savings: can the case be closed?; 5.2.1.1. The macroeconomic approach; 5.2.1.2. The microeconomic approach; 5.3. The IT sector set up as a model; 5.4. Telecommunications in the eye of the storm; 5.5. Shifting boundaries and extended companies; 5.6. Corporate network players; 5.6.1. The customer is always right!; 5.6.2. Marketplaces; 5.6.3. Employee-centric; 5.7. New opportunities and new competition; 5.8. The new time/space framework; Chapter 6. IT Policies in Efficient Enterprises 6.1. Reduce the shortfall between promises and reality |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996200194003316 |
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Corniou Jean-Pierre
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| London ; ; Newport Beach, CA, : ISTE, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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The soft edge : a natural history and future of the information revolution / / Paul Levinson
| The soft edge : a natural history and future of the information revolution / / Paul Levinson |
| Autore | Levinson Paul |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997 |
| Descrizione fisica | xviii, 257 p |
| Disciplina | 302.23 |
| Soggetto topico |
Information technology - History
Information technology - Forecasting |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-134-64194-X
1-280-15081-5 9786610150816 0-203-98104-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The first digital medium -- The printed authorship of the modern world -- The age of photography and the ageless image -- Telegraphy -- Telephone -- Electricity -- Radio -- Survival of the media fit -- Remedial media -- Word processing and its masters -- The online author as publisher and bookstore -- Hypertext and author/reader inversions -- The open Web and its enemies -- Twentieth-Century screens -- Paper futures -- Electronic watermarks -- Artificial intelligence in real life -- You can't touch that in cyberspace. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450502503321 |
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Levinson Paul
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The soft edge : a natural history and future of the information revolution / / Paul Levinson
| The soft edge : a natural history and future of the information revolution / / Paul Levinson |
| Autore | Levinson Paul |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997 |
| Descrizione fisica | xviii, 257 p |
| Disciplina | 302.23 |
| Soggetto topico |
Information technology - History
Information technology - Forecasting |
| ISBN |
1-134-64193-1
1-134-64194-X 1-280-15081-5 9786610150816 0-203-98104-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The first digital medium -- The printed authorship of the modern world -- The age of photography and the ageless image -- Telegraphy -- Telephone -- Electricity -- Radio -- Survival of the media fit -- Remedial media -- Word processing and its masters -- The online author as publisher and bookstore -- Hypertext and author/reader inversions -- The open Web and its enemies -- Twentieth-Century screens -- Paper futures -- Electronic watermarks -- Artificial intelligence in real life -- You can't touch that in cyberspace. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782916803321 |
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Levinson Paul
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The soft edge : a natural history and future of the information revolution / / Paul Levinson
| The soft edge : a natural history and future of the information revolution / / Paul Levinson |
| Autore | Levinson Paul |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997 |
| Descrizione fisica | xviii, 257 p |
| Disciplina | 302.23 |
| Soggetto topico |
Information technology - History
Information technology - Forecasting |
| ISBN |
1-134-64193-1
1-134-64194-X 1-280-15081-5 9786610150816 0-203-98104-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The first digital medium -- The printed authorship of the modern world -- The age of photography and the ageless image -- Telegraphy -- Telephone -- Electricity -- Radio -- Survival of the media fit -- Remedial media -- Word processing and its masters -- The online author as publisher and bookstore -- Hypertext and author/reader inversions -- The open Web and its enemies -- Twentieth-Century screens -- Paper futures -- Electronic watermarks -- Artificial intelligence in real life -- You can't touch that in cyberspace. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823908203321 |
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Levinson Paul
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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