Computers Then and Now
Author: Rebecca Weber
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2004-07
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 9780756506544
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes early inventions that eventually evolved into the technology we enjoy today.
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Author: Rebecca Weber
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2004-07
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 9780756506544
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes early inventions that eventually evolved into the technology we enjoy today.
Author: Douglas J Alford
Publisher: Mfg Application Konsulting Engr
Published: 2023-07-28
Total Pages: 74
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhere did computers come-from? How did the roots of IC's and Apples, sprinkled with flower-power lead to personal computers? This is the true story behind our real-time, worldwide computer connections.
Author: Douglas J Alford
Publisher: Mfg Application Konsulting Engr
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Total Pages: 74
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhere did computers come-from? How did the roots of IC's and Apples, sprinkled with flower-power lead to personal computers? This is the true story behind our real-time, worldwide computer connections today.
Author: Joy Lisi Rankin
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2018-10-08
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 0674970977
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSilicon Valley gets all the credit for digital creativity, but this account of the pre-PC world, when computing meant more than using mature consumer technology, challenges that triumphalism. The invention of the personal computer liberated users from corporate mainframes and brought computing into homes. But throughout the 1960s and 1970s a diverse group of teachers and students working together on academic computing systems conducted many of the activities we now recognize as personal and social computing. Their networks were centered in New Hampshire, Minnesota, and Illinois, but they connected far-flung users. Joy Rankin draws on detailed records to explore how users exchanged messages, programmed music and poems, fostered communities, and developed computer games like The Oregon Trail. These unsung pioneers helped shape our digital world, just as much as the inventors, garage hobbyists, and eccentric billionaires of Palo Alto. By imagining computing as an interactive commons, the early denizens of the digital realm seeded today’s debate about whether the internet should be a public utility and laid the groundwork for the concept of net neutrality. Rankin offers a radical precedent for a more democratic digital culture, and new models for the next generation of activists, educators, coders, and makers.
Author: John Von Neumann
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Published: 2021-09-09
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9781014439192
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Maurice Vincent Wilkes
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Published: 1968
Total Pages: 7
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Brian Whitworth
Publisher:
Published: 2014-05-01
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9788792964090
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHundreds of millions of people use social technologies like Wikipedia, Facebook and YouTube every day, but what makes them work? And what is the next step? The Social Design of Technical Systems explores the path from computing revolution to social evolution. Based on the assumption that it is essential to consider social as well as technological requirements, as we move to create the systems of the future, this book explores the ways in which technology fits, or fails to fit, into the social reality of the modern world. Important performance criteria for social systems, such as fairness, synergy, transparency, order and freedom, are clearly explained for the first time from within a comprehensive systems framework, making this book invaluable for anyone interested in socio-technical systems, especially those planning to build social software. This book reveals the social dilemmas that destroy communities, exposes the myth that computers are smart, analyses social errors like the credit meltdown, proposes online rights standards and suggests community-based business models. If you believe that our future depends on merging social virtue and technology power, you should read this book.
Author: Paul E. Ceruzzi
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2003-04-08
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780262532037
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the first digital computer to the dot-com crash—a story of individuals, institutions, and the forces that led to a series of dramatic transformations. This engaging history covers modern computing from the development of the first electronic digital computer through the dot-com crash. The author concentrates on five key moments of transition: the transformation of the computer in the late 1940s from a specialized scientific instrument to a commercial product; the emergence of small systems in the late 1960s; the beginning of personal computing in the 1970s; the spread of networking after 1985; and, in a chapter written for this edition, the period 1995-2001. The new material focuses on the Microsoft antitrust suit, the rise and fall of the dot-coms, and the advent of open source software, particularly Linux. Within the chronological narrative, the book traces several overlapping threads: the evolution of the computer's internal design; the effect of economic trends and the Cold War; the long-term role of IBM as a player and as a target for upstart entrepreneurs; the growth of software from a hidden element to a major character in the story of computing; and the recurring issue of the place of information and computing in a democratic society. The focus is on the United States (though Europe and Japan enter the story at crucial points), on computing per se rather than on applications such as artificial intelligence, and on systems that were sold commercially and installed in quantities.
Author: Shannon Berg
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
Published: 2020-01-01
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 1644932792
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTravel back in time to find out what life was like before computers. Historical photographs, helpful infographics, and a “Blast from the Past” special feature provide readers an engaging overview of encyclopedias, card catalogs, and other ways people organized information.
Author: CYNTHIA KENNEDY. HENZEL
Publisher: Wonder Publishing
Published: 2024-08
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781503889514
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the evolution of computers. An introduction explains how computers are used and when they came to be a part of daily life. The remaining chapters detail eras in the development of computers up until the present day. Additional features include a table of contents, a fast-facts section, sidebars, an infographic, prompts for critical thinking, a phonetic glossary, an index, information about the author, and sources for further research.