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Computing: A Concise History

Computing: A Concise History

Paperback

Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge

Technology & EngineeringGeneral Computers

Publisher Price: $16.95

ISBN10: 0262517671
ISBN13: 9780262517676
Publisher: Mit Pr
Published: Jun 15 2012
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.74 Width: 5.19 Depth: 7.02
Language: English
Discover the history of computing through 4 major threads of development in this compact, accessible history covering punch cards, Silicon Valley, smartphones, and much more.

In an accessible style, computer historian Paul Ceruzzi offers a broad though detailed history of computing, from the first use of the word digital in 1942 to the development of punch cards and the first general purpose computer, to the internet, Silicon Valley, and smartphones and social networking.

Ceruzzi identifies 4 major threads that run throughout all of computing's technological development:

- Digitization: the coding of information, computation, and control in binary form

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