| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (25 entries) : 45 images ; digital files. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The Sloan technology series
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Sloan technology series.
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| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Preface to the Third edition -- Part One. Before the computer: -- When computers were people -- The mechanical office -- Babbage's dream comes true -- Part Two. Creating the computer: -- Inventing the computer -- The computer becomes a business machine -- The maturing of the mainframe: The rise of IBM -- Part Three. Innovation and expansion: -- Real time: reaping the whirlwind -- Software -- New modes of computing -- Part Four. Getting personal: -- The shaping of the personal computer -- Broadening the appeal -- The Internet. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
Computer: A History of the Information Machine traces the history of the computer and shows how business and government were the first to explore its unlimited, information-processing potential. This third edition provides updated analysis on software and computer networking, including new material on the programming profession, social networking, and mobile computing. It expands its focus on the IT industry with fresh discussion on the rise of Google and Facebook as well as how powerful applications are changing the way we work, consume, learn, and socialize. |
| Form |
Also available in print. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Local Note |
Credo Reference. |
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Credo Reference General Reference |
| Subject |
Computers -- History.
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Computers. |
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History. |
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Electronic data processing -- History.
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Electronic data processing. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Aspray, William, author.
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Yost, Jeffrey R., author.
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Ensmenger, Nathan, 1972- author.
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Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: (DLC) 2013008040 0813345901 9780813345901 xv, 360 pages : illustrations |
| ISBN |
081334591X electronic book |
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9780813345918 electronic book |
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9780813345901 paperback : alkaline paper |
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0813345901 paperback : alkaline paper |
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9781785391279 electronic version |
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