Computer : a history of the information machine / Martin Campbell-Kelly [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell-Kelly, Martin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computers--History.

Computers.

Electronic data processing--History.

Electronic data processing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (395 pages)

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, [2023]

Summary:

Computer: A History of the Information Machine traces the history of the computer and its unlimited, information-processing potential.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface to the Fourth Edition

Introduction

Part One Before the Computer

1 When Computers Were People

2 The Mechanical Office

3 Babbage's Dream Comes True

Part Two Creating the Computer

4 Inventing the Computer

Photos: From Babbage's Difference Engine to System/360

5 The Computer Becomes a Business Machine

6 The Maturing of the Mainframe: The Rise of IBM

Part Three Innovation and Expansion

7 Real Time: Reaping the Whirlwind

8 Software

Photos: From SAGE to the Internet

9 New Ways of Computing

Part Four Getting Personal

10 The Shaping of the Personal Computer

11 Broadening the Appeal

12 The Internet

Part Five The Ubiquitous Computer

13 Globalization

14 The Interactive Web: Clouds, Devices, and Culture

15 Computing and Governance

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-000-87875-9

1-00-326327-5

1-003-26327-5

9781003263272

OCLC:

1388496501