A History of Modern Computing

Paul E. Ceruzzi, "A History of Modern Computing"
The MIT Press | ISBN: 0262532034 | 2003 | 459 pages | PDF | 5.2 MB

Contents

Dedication v
Preface to the Second Edition ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: Defining ‘‘Computer’’
1 . The Advent of Commercial Computing, 1945–1956
2 . Computing Comes of Age, 1956–1964
3 .The Early History of Software, 1952–1968
4 . From Mainframe to Minicomputer, 1959–1969
5 .The ‘‘Go-Go’’ Years and the System/360, 1961–1975
6
The Chip and Its Impact, 1965–1975
7 . The Personal Computer, 1972–1977
8 . Augmenting Human Intellect, 1975–1985
9 . Workstations, UNIX, and the Net, 1981–1995
10 .‘‘Internet Time,’’ 1995–2001 307
Conclusion: The Digitization of the World Picture
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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