The Innovation in Computing Companion A Compendium of Select, Pivotal Inventions /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: O'Regan, Gerard (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Computers.; Technology-History.; Computer hardware.; Personal computers.; History of Computing.; History of Technology.; Computer Hardware.; Personal Computing.

This encyclopedic reference provides a concise and engaging overview of the groundbreaking inventions and conceptual innovations that have shaped the field of computing, and the technology that runs the modern world. Each alphabetically-ordered entry presents a brief account of a pivotal innovation...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Background
• ABC Computer
• Ada Programming Language
• Agile Methodology
• Amdahl 470 and 580
• Analytic and Difference Engines
• Apple II and Macintosh
• Intelligence and Applications
• Atari Video Games
• Automated Teller Machine
• AXE System
• Binary Number System
• Boolean Algebra and Digital Computing
• C and C++ Programming Languages
• Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems
• CMMI and Software Process Improvement
• Colossus and Code Breaking at Bletchley Park
• Commodore PET and 64
• COBOL and Compilers
• Databases
• DEC PDP 11 and VAX 11/780 Minicomputers
• Digital Photography
• EDVAC and ENIAC Computers
• Eliza Program
• Email Communication
• E-Commerce
• Formal Methods
• GPS System
• Graphical User Interface and Human Computer Interaction
• Harvard Mark I Computer
• Hollerith's Tabulating Machine and the birth of IBM
• Integrated Circuits
• Internet
• Iridium System
• Java Programming Language
• LEO Computers
• Manchester Baby and Mark I Computers
• Microprocessor
• Mobile Phone
• Mouse
• Player and Digital Music
• MS/DOS Operating System
• Office Software
• Open Source Software
• Object-Oriented Paradigm
• Personal and Home Computers
• Robotics
• Smartphones and Social Media
• Software Inspections
• Software Lifecycles
• The System/360 Revolution
• Transistor
• UNIX Operating System
• Von Neumann Architecture
• WiFi Technology
• World Wide Web
• and Z4 Computers
• Epilogue.