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The computer comes of age : the people, the hardware, and the software

By René Moreau

Book information

Publisher
MIT Press
Year
1984
ISBN
0262131943, 9780262131940
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
74 MB (77528874 bytes)
Series
MIT Press series in the history of computing
Pages
x, 227 p. : ill. ; 24 cm\236
Time added
2014-06-29 17:00:00

Description

Given the proliferation of computers and computer-related products, it is difficult to realize that the computer's history is, in fact, a very short one. René Moreau, Director of Scientific Development, IBM France, traces the evolution of the computer from its earliest stored-program stages in the 1940s to the introduction of the IBM 360 Series in 1963. Written for the nonspecialist, his book defines, explains, and dates those first formulations in computer science and covers the major phases in the evolution of the software and hardware. Also included are a discussion of programming languages and an appendix which details early work on computers in the USSR. - Publisher. Read more...

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