History of Computing – serie
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65 produkter
Computer Boys Take Over
Computers, Programmers, and the Politics of Technical Expertise
Häftad, 2012
592 kr
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Strategic Computing
DARPA and the Quest for Machine Intelligence, 1983-1993
Häftad, 2002
592 kr
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Government Machine
A Revolutionary History of the Computer
Av Jon Agar
Häftad, 2016
907 kr
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Productivity Machines
German Appropriations of American Technology from Mass Production to Computer Automation
Häftad, 2019
431 kr
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New History of Modern Computing
Av Thomas Haigh, Paul E. Ceruzzi
Häftad, 2021
495 kr
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How the computer became universal. Over the past fifty years, the computer has been transformed from a hulking scientific supertool and data processing workhorse, remote from the experiences of ordinary people, to a diverse family of devices that billions rely on to play games, shop, stream music …
For Fun and Profit
A History of the Free and Open Source Software Revolution
Häftad, 2024
522 kr
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First Computers
History and Architectures
Av Raúl Rojas, Ulf Hashagen m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
759 kr
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Robert Recorde
Tudor Polymath, Expositor and Practitioner of Computation
Inbunden, 2011
1097 kr
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The 16th-Century intellectual Robert Recorde is chiefly remembered for introducing the equals sign into algebra, yet the greater significance and broader scope of his work is often overlooked. This book presents an authoritative and in-depth analysis of the man, his achievements and his historical …
Technology for Modelling
Electrical Analogies, Engineering Practice, and the Development of Analogue Computing
Av Charles Care
Häftad, 2012
1643 kr
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Historians have different views on the core identity of analogue computing. Some portray the technology solely as a precursor to digital computing, whereas others stress that analogue applications existed well after 1940. Even within contemporary sources, there is a spectrum of understanding around …
Electronic Value Exchange
Origins of the VISA Electronic Payment System
Häftad, 2013
1861 kr
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Electronic Value Exchange examines in detail the transformation of the VISA electronic payment system from a collection of non-integrated, localized, paper-based bank credit card programs into the cooperative, global, electronic value exchange network it is today. Topics and features: provides a …
Science of Operations
Machines, Logic and the Invention of Programming
Häftad, 2013
1804 kr
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Today, computers fulfil a dazzling array of roles, a flexibility resulting from the great range of programs that can be run on them.A Science of Operations examines the history of what we now call programming, defined not simply as computer programming, but more broadly as the definition of the …
Moving Targets
Elliott-Automation and the Dawn of the Computer Age in Britain, 1947 – 67
Häftad, 2014
1643 kr
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This book charts the take-up of IT in Britain, as seen through the eyes of one company. It examines how the dawn of the digital computer age in Britain took place for different applications, from early government-sponsored work on secret defence projects, to the growth of the market for Elliott …
Computers in Swedish Society
Documenting Early Use and Trends
Av Per Lundin
Inbunden, 2012
1098 kr
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This book reviews the shift in the historiography of computing from inventors and innovations to a user-perspective, and examines how the relevant sources can be created, collected, preserved, and disseminated. The text describes and evaluates a project in Sweden that documented the stories of …
Hacking Europe
From Computer Cultures to Demoscenes
Av Gerard Alberts, Ruth Oldenziel
Inbunden, 2014
1355 kr
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Hacking Europe traces the user practices of chopping games in Warsaw, hacking software in Athens, creating chaos in Hamburg, producing demos in Turku, and partying with computing in Zagreb and Amsterdam. Focusing on several European countries at the end of the Cold War, the book shows the digital …
Robert Recorde
Tudor Polymath, Expositor and Practitioner of Computation
Häftad, 2014
1098 kr
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The 16th-Century intellectual Robert Recorde is chiefly remembered for introducing the equals sign into algebra, yet the greater significance and broader scope of his work is often overlooked. This book presents an authoritative and in-depth analysis of the man, his achievements and his historical …
Computers in Swedish Society
Documenting Early Use and Trends
Av Per Lundin
Häftad, 2014
1098 kr
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This book reviews the shift in the historiography of computing from inventors and innovations to a user-perspective, and examines how the relevant sources can be created, collected, preserved, and disseminated. The text describes and evaluates a project in Sweden that documented the stories of …
Hacking Europe
From Computer Cultures to Demoscenes
Av Gerard Alberts, Ruth Oldenziel
Häftad, 2016
934 kr
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Hacking Europe traces the user practices of chopping games in Warsaw, hacking software in Athens, creating chaos in Hamburg, producing demos in Turku, and partying with computing in Zagreb and Amsterdam. Focusing on several European countries at the end of the Cold War, the book shows the digital …
Calculation and Computation in the Pre-electronic Era
The Mechanical and Electrical Ages
Häftad, 2019
421 kr
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Although it is popularly assumed that the history of computing before the second half of the 20th century was unimportant, in fact the Industrial Revolution was made possible and even sustained by a parallel revolution in computing technology. An examination and historiographical assessment of key …
Science of Operations
Machines, Logic and the Invention of Programming
Inbunden, 2011
1752 kr
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Today, computers fulfil a dazzling array of roles, a flexibility resulting from the great range of programs that can be run on them.A Science of Operations examines the history of what we now call programming, defined not simply as computer programming, but more broadly as the definition of the …
Moving Targets
Elliott-Automation and the Dawn of the Computer Age in Britain, 1947 – 67
Inbunden, 2011
1643 kr
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This book charts the take-up of IT in Britain, as seen through the eyes of one company. It examines how the dawn of the digital computer age in Britain took place for different applications, from early government-sponsored work on secret defence projects, to the growth of the market for Elliott …
Technology for Modelling
Electrical Analogies, Engineering Practice, and the Development of Analogue Computing
Av Charles Care
Inbunden, 2010
1643 kr
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Historians have different views on the core identity of analogue computing. Some portray the technology solely as a precursor to digital computing, whereas others stress that analogue applications existed well after 1940. Even within contemporary sources, there is a spectrum of understanding around …
Electronic Value Exchange
Origins of the VISA Electronic Payment System
Inbunden, 2011
1861 kr
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Electronic Value Exchange examines in detail the transformation of the VISA electronic payment system from a collection of non-integrated, localized, paper-based bank credit card programs into the cooperative, global, electronic value exchange network it is today. Topics and features: provides a …
Exploring the Early Digital
Av Thomas Haigh
Inbunden, 2019
442 kr
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Changes in the present challenge us to reinterpret the past, but historians have not yet come to grips with the convergence of computing, media, and communications technology. Today these things are inextricably intertwined, in technologies such as the smartphone and internet, in convergent …
History of Cryptography and Cryptanalysis
Codes, Ciphers, and Their Algorithms
Häftad, 2018
440 kr
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This accessible textbook presents a fascinating review of cryptography and cryptanalysis across history. The text relates the earliest use of the monoalphabetic cipher in the ancient world, the development of the “unbreakable” Vigenère cipher, and an account of how cryptology entered the arsenal of …
Early Computing in Britain
Ferranti Ltd. and Government Funding, 1948 — 1958
Inbunden, 2019
442 kr
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This unique book presents the story of the pioneering manufacturing company Ferranti Ltd. – producer of the first commercially-available computers – and of the nine end-user organisations who purchased these machines with government help in the period 1951 to 1957. The text presents personal …
