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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 |
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 [[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 |
|
Essinger James <1957->
|
||
| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007, c2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
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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