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0 reviewsThis lively and fascinating text traces the key developments in computation – from 3000 B.C. to the present day – in an easy-to-follow and concise manner.
Topics and features: ideal for self-study, offering many pedagogical features such as chapter-opening key topics, chapter introductions and summaries, exercises, and a glossary; presents detailed information on major figures in computing, such as Boole, Babbage, Shannon, Turing, Zuse and Von Neumann; reviews the history of software engineering and of programming languages, including syntax and semantics; discusses the progress of artificial intelligence, with extension to such key disciplines as philosophy, psychology, linguistics, neural networks and cybernetics; examines the impact on society of the introduction of the personal computer, the World Wide Web, and the development of mobile phone technology; follows the evolution of a number of major technology companies, including IBM, Microsoft and Apple.
What Is a Computer?
Computing in Early Civilizations.
Foundations of Computing.
The First Digital Computers.
The First Commercial Computers.
Early Commercial Computers and the Invention of the Transistor.
Integrated Circuit and Silicon Valley.
The IBM System/360.
Minicomputers and Later Mainframes.
The Microprocessor Revolution.
Home Computers.
The IBM Personal Computer.
History of Operating Systems.
Birth of Software Industry and Human Computer Interaction.
History of Programming Languages.
History of Software Engineering.
A Short History of Telecommunications
The Internet Revolution
The Smartphone and Social Media
A Miscellany of Innovation
History of Databases
History of Artificial Intelligence
Ethics and Professional Responsibility
Legal Aspects of Computing
Glossary
References
Index
