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Computer : a history of the information machine / Martin Campbell-Kelly and William Aspray.

Campbell-Kelly, Martin. (Author). Aspray, William. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0465029892
  • ISBN: 9780465029891
  • ISBN: 0465029906
  • ISBN: 9780465029907
  • Physical Description: ix, 342 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Basic Books, c1996.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-333) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Before the computer: When computers were people -- The mechanical office -- Babbage's dream comes true -- Creating the computer: Inventing the computer -- The computer becomes a business machine -- The maturing of the mainframe: the rise and fall of IBM -- Innovation and expansion: Real time: reaping the whirlwind -- Software -- New modes of computing -- Getting personal: The shaping of the personal computer -- The shift to software -- From the world brain to the world wide web.
Subject:
Computers > History.
Electronic data processing > History.
Computers.
Dataprocessing.
Ordinateurs > Histoire.
Informatique > Histoire.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lummi Library QA 76.17 .C36 1996 2244908 Stacks Available -