The Resource Computing : a concise history, Paul E. Ceruzzi, (electronic book)
Computing : a concise history, Paul E. Ceruzzi, (electronic book)
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- Summary
- The history of computing could be told as the story of hardware and software, or the story of the Internet, or the story of "smart" hand-held devices, with subplots involving IBM, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook and Twitter. In this account of the invention and development of digital technology, the author, a computer historian offers a broader and more useful perspective. He identifies four major threads running throughout all of computing's technological development: digitization, the coding of information, computation, and control in binary form, ones and zeros; the convergence of multiple streams of techniques, devices and machines, yielding more than the sum of their parts; the steady advance of electronic technology, as characterized famously by "Moore's Law"; and the human-machine interface. He guides us through computing history, telling how a Bell Labs mathematician coined the word "digital" in 1942 (to describe a high-speed method of calculating used in anti-aircraft devices), and recounting the development of the punch card (for use in the 1890 U.S. Census). He describes the ENIAC, built for scientific and military applications; the UNIVAC, the first general purpose computer; and ARPANET, the Internet's precursor. His account traces the world-changing evolution of the computer from a room-size ensemble of machinery to a "minicomputer" to a desktop computer to a pocket-sized smart phone. He describes the development of the silicon chip, which could store ever-increasing amounts of data and enabled ever-decreasing device size. He visits that hotbed of innovation, Silicon Valley, and brings the story up to the present with the Internet, the World Wide Web, and social networking
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 199 p.)
- Contents
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- The digital age
- The first computers, 1935-1945
- The stored program principle
- The chip and Silicon Valley
- The microprocessor
- The Internet and the World Wide Web
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9780262310383
- Label
- Computing : a concise history
- Title
- Computing
- Title remainder
- a concise history
- Statement of responsibility
- Paul E. Ceruzzi
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The history of computing could be told as the story of hardware and software, or the story of the Internet, or the story of "smart" hand-held devices, with subplots involving IBM, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook and Twitter. In this account of the invention and development of digital technology, the author, a computer historian offers a broader and more useful perspective. He identifies four major threads running throughout all of computing's technological development: digitization, the coding of information, computation, and control in binary form, ones and zeros; the convergence of multiple streams of techniques, devices and machines, yielding more than the sum of their parts; the steady advance of electronic technology, as characterized famously by "Moore's Law"; and the human-machine interface. He guides us through computing history, telling how a Bell Labs mathematician coined the word "digital" in 1942 (to describe a high-speed method of calculating used in anti-aircraft devices), and recounting the development of the punch card (for use in the 1890 U.S. Census). He describes the ENIAC, built for scientific and military applications; the UNIVAC, the first general purpose computer; and ARPANET, the Internet's precursor. His account traces the world-changing evolution of the computer from a room-size ensemble of machinery to a "minicomputer" to a desktop computer to a pocket-sized smart phone. He describes the development of the silicon chip, which could store ever-increasing amounts of data and enabled ever-decreasing device size. He visits that hotbed of innovation, Silicon Valley, and brings the story up to the present with the Internet, the World Wide Web, and social networking
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ceruzzi, Paul E
- Dewey number
- 004
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QA76.17
- LC item number
- .C467 2012eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- The MIT Press essential knowledge series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Computer science
- Label
- Computing : a concise history, Paul E. Ceruzzi, (electronic book)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
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- multicolored
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- Contents
- The digital age -- The first computers, 1935-1945 -- The stored program principle -- The chip and Silicon Valley -- The microprocessor -- The Internet and the World Wide Web -- Conclusion
- Control code
- IEEEMIT796812982
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 199 p.)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780262310383
- Lccn
- 2011053181
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic resource.
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- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- ocn796812982
- Label
- Computing : a concise history, Paul E. Ceruzzi, (electronic book)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The digital age -- The first computers, 1935-1945 -- The stored program principle -- The chip and Silicon Valley -- The microprocessor -- The Internet and the World Wide Web -- Conclusion
- Control code
- IEEEMIT796812982
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 199 p.)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780262310383
- Lccn
- 2011053181
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic resource.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- ocn796812982
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