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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Introduction to the History of Computing
    sub title: A Computing History Primer
  name:
    name part: O'Regan, Gerard.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2016
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XXI, 296 p. 103 illus., 53 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: Tracing the story of computing from Babylonian counting boards to smartphones, this inspiring textbook/reference provides a concise overview of the key events in the history of computing, together with discussion exercises to stimulate deeper investigation into this fascinating area. Topics and features: Provides chapter introductions, summaries and key topics, as well as review questions and a glossary Includes an introduction to analogue and digital computers, and to the foundations of computing Examines the contributions of the ancient Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Islamic civilisations to the field of computing Covers the first digital computers, and the earliest examples of commercial computers, mainframes and minicomputers Describes the invention and early development of the integrated circuit and the microprocessor Reviews the emergence of home computers, and the introduction of the IBM personal computer Discusses the technological revolutions initiated by the creation of the Internet, the invention of the smartphone, and the rise of social media Presents a short history of telecommunications, programming languages, operating systems, software engineering, artificial intelligence, and databases This engaging and easy-to-read work serves as an introductory textbook for students of computer science interested in the historical basis of the field. The curious reader will also find the book to be ideal as a self-study primer on the origins of the fundamental theory and early applications of the technology which has now become ubiquitous in modern society.
  table of contents: What is a Computer? -- Computing in Early Civilizations -- Foundations of Computing -- The First Digital Computers -- The First Commercial Computers -- Early Commercial Computers and the Invention of the Transistor -- The Invention of the Integrated Circuit and the Birth of Silicon Valley -- The IBM System/360 -- Minicomputers and Later Mainframes -- The Microprocessor Revolution -- Home Computers -- The IBM Personal Computer -- A Short History of Telecommunications -- The Internet Revolution -- The Smartphone and Social Media -- History of Programming Languages -- History of Operating Systems -- History of Software Engineering -- History of Artificial Intelligence -- History of Databases.
  note: by Gerard O'Regan.
  subject:
    topic: Computer science
  subject:
    topic: Computer industry
  subject:
    topic: Computers
  subject:
    topic: Computers and civilization
  subject:
    topic: Technology
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Computer Science
  subject:
    topic: History of Computing
  subject:
    topic: History of Technology
  subject:
    topic: Computers and Society
  subject:
    topic: The Computer Industry
  classification: QA76.17
  classification: 004.09
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science
  identifier: 9783319331386
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33138-6
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    record creation date: 160621
    record change date: 20160621132914.0
    record identifier: 978-3-319-33138-6