Between human and machine [[electronic resource] ] : feedback, control, and computing before cybernetics / / David A. Mindell
| Between human and machine [[electronic resource] ] : feedback, control, and computing before cybernetics / / David A. Mindell |
| Autore | Mindell David A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (456 p.) |
| Disciplina | 004/.09 |
| Collana | Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology |
| Soggetto topico |
Computers - History
Electronic data processing - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9780801877741
0-8018-7774-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: A History of Control Systems; 2 Naval Control Systems: The Bureau of Ordnance and the Ford Instrument Company; 3 Taming the Beasts of the Machine Age: The Sperry Company; 4 Opening Black's Box: Bell Labs and the Transmission of Signals; 5 Artificial Representation of Power Systems: Analog Computing at MIT; 6 Dress Rehearsal for War: The Four Horsemen and Palomar; 7 Organizing for War: The Fire Control Divisions of the NDRC; 8 The Servomechanisms Laboratory and Fire Control for the Masses; 9 Analog's Finest Hour
10 Radar and System Integration at the Radiation Laboratory11 Cybernetics and Ideas of the Digital; 12 Conclusion: Feedback and Information in 1945; APPENDIX A: Algorithm of the Ford Rangekeeper Mark 1; APPENDIX B: NDRC Section D-2 and Division 7 Contracts for Fire Control; APPENDIX C: Algorithm of Bell Labs' T-10 Director; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
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Between human and machine [[electronic resource] ] : feedback, control, and computing before cybernetics / / David A. Mindell
| Between human and machine [[electronic resource] ] : feedback, control, and computing before cybernetics / / David A. Mindell |
| Autore | Mindell David A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (456 p.) |
| Disciplina | 004/.09 |
| Collana | Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology |
| Soggetto topico |
Computers - History
Electronic data processing - History |
| ISBN |
9780801877741
0-8018-7774-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: A History of Control Systems; 2 Naval Control Systems: The Bureau of Ordnance and the Ford Instrument Company; 3 Taming the Beasts of the Machine Age: The Sperry Company; 4 Opening Black's Box: Bell Labs and the Transmission of Signals; 5 Artificial Representation of Power Systems: Analog Computing at MIT; 6 Dress Rehearsal for War: The Four Horsemen and Palomar; 7 Organizing for War: The Fire Control Divisions of the NDRC; 8 The Servomechanisms Laboratory and Fire Control for the Masses; 9 Analog's Finest Hour
10 Radar and System Integration at the Radiation Laboratory11 Cybernetics and Ideas of the Digital; 12 Conclusion: Feedback and Information in 1945; APPENDIX A: Algorithm of the Ford Rangekeeper Mark 1; APPENDIX B: NDRC Section D-2 and Division 7 Contracts for Fire Control; APPENDIX C: Algorithm of Bell Labs' T-10 Director; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780033803321 |
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Computer [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the information machine / / Martin Campbell-Kelly and William Aspray
| Computer [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the information machine / / Martin Campbell-Kelly and William Aspray |
| Autore | Campbell-Kelly Martin |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colo., : Westview Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
| Disciplina |
004.09
004/.09 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AsprayWilliam |
| Collana | Sloan technology series |
| Soggetto topico |
Computers - History
Electronic data processing - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8133-4265-1
1-281-60670-7 9786613787415 0-7867-2991-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996248049903316 |
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| Boulder, Colo., : Westview Press, 2004 | ||
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The computer from Pascal to von Neumann [[electronic resource] /] / Herman H. Goldstine
| The computer from Pascal to von Neumann [[electronic resource] /] / Herman H. Goldstine |
| Autore | Goldstine Herman H (Herman Heine), <1913-2004.> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, [1993] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (399 p.) |
| Disciplina | 004/.09 |
| Soggetto topico | Computers - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-10030-4
9786613100306 1-4008-2013-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The historical background up to World War II -- pt. 2. Wartime developments : ENIAC and EDVAC -- pt. 3. Post-World War II : the von Neumann machine and the institute for advanced study. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996248143803316 |
Goldstine Herman H (Herman Heine), <1913-2004.>
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| Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, [1993] | ||
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The computer from Pascal to von Neumann [[electronic resource] /] / Herman H. Goldstine
| The computer from Pascal to von Neumann [[electronic resource] /] / Herman H. Goldstine |
| Autore | Goldstine Herman H (Herman Heine), <1913-2004.> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, [1993] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (399 p.) |
| Disciplina | 004/.09 |
| Soggetto topico | Computers - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-10030-4
9786613100306 1-4008-2013-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The historical background up to World War II -- pt. 2. Wartime developments : ENIAC and EDVAC -- pt. 3. Post-World War II : the von Neumann machine and the institute for advanced study. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458015403321 |
Goldstine Herman H (Herman Heine), <1913-2004.>
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The computer from Pascal to von Neumann [[electronic resource] /] / Herman H. Goldstine
| The computer from Pascal to von Neumann [[electronic resource] /] / Herman H. Goldstine |
| Autore | Goldstine Herman H (Herman Heine), <1913-2004.> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, [1993] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (399 p.) |
| Disciplina | 004/.09 |
| Soggetto topico | Computers - History |
| ISBN |
1-283-10030-4
9786613100306 1-4008-2013-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The historical background up to World War II -- pt. 2. Wartime developments : ENIAC and EDVAC -- pt. 3. Post-World War II : the von Neumann machine and the institute for advanced study. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784618703321 |
Goldstine Herman H (Herman Heine), <1913-2004.>
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| Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, [1993] | ||
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The computer from Pascal to von Neumann / / Herman H. Goldstine
| The computer from Pascal to von Neumann / / Herman H. Goldstine |
| Autore | Goldstine Herman H (Herman Heine), <1913-2004.> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, [1993] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (399 p.) |
| Disciplina | 004/.09 |
| Soggetto topico | Computers - History |
| ISBN |
9786613100306
9781283100304 1283100304 9781400820139 1400820138 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The historical background up to World War II -- pt. 2. Wartime developments : ENIAC and EDVAC -- pt. 3. Post-World War II : the von Neumann machine and the institute for advanced study. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910974334503321 |
Goldstine Herman H (Herman Heine), <1913-2004.>
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| Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, [1993] | ||
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Conference proceedings : papers presented at the conference, Palo Alto, California : January 9-10, 1986
| Conference proceedings : papers presented at the conference, Palo Alto, California : January 9-10, 1986 |
| Autore | White John R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : ACM, 1986 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (198 p.;) |
| Disciplina | 004/.09 |
| Collana | ACM Conferences |
| Soggetto topico |
Computers - Congresses - History
Microcomputer workstations - Congresses - History Computer networks - Congresses - History Engineering & Applied Sciences Computer Science |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | HPW '86 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910376213803321 |
White John R
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| [Place of publication not identified], : ACM, 1986 | ||
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The first computers history and architectures
| The first computers history and architectures |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : MIT Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (457 p.) |
| Disciplina | 004/.09 |
| Collana | History of computing The first computers |
| Soggetto topico |
Engineering & Applied Sciences
Computer Science Computers - History Computer architecture - History |
| ISBN | 0-585-35535-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910260600603321 |
| [Place of publication not identified], : MIT Press, 2000 | ||
| 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; |
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| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007, c2004 | ||
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