Computer : a history of the information machine /: a history of the information machine. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Martin Campbell-Kelly, William Aspray, Nathan Ensmenger, Jeffrey R. Yost.
• Other Names: Campbell-Kelly, Martin; Aspray, William; Ensmenger, Nathan, 1972-; Yost, Jeffrey R
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (378 pages)
• Subjects: 004; Computers -- History; Electronic data processing -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429975004; 0429975007
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.