| Description |
xi, 302 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-293) and index. |
| Contents |
The engraving that wasn't -- A better mousetrap -- The son of a master-weaver -- The Emperor's new clothes -- From weaving to computing -- The difference engine -- The analytical engine -- A question of faith and funding -- The lady who loved the Jacquard loom -- A crisis with the American census -- The first Jacquard looms that wove information -- The birth of IBM -- The Thomas Watson phenomenon -- Howard Aiken dreams of a computer -- IBM and the Harvard Mark I -- Weaving at the speed of light -- The future. |
| Subject |
Computers -- History.
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Computers. |
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History. |
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Jacquard knitting machines -- History.
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Jacquard knitting machines. |
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Information technology -- History.
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Information technology. |
| ISBN |
0192805770 |
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