Introduction to the History of Computing A Computing History Primer 1st edition by Gerard O’ Regan 9783319331379 331933137X

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ISBN 10:331933137X

ISBN 13: 9783319331379

Author:Gerard O’ Regan

Tracing the story of computing from Babylonian counting boards to smartphones, this inspiring textbook provides a concise overview of the key events in the history of computing, together with discussion exercises to stimulate deeper investigation into this fascinating area. Features: provides chapter introductions, summaries, key topics, and review questions; includes an introduction to analogue and digital computers, and to the foundations of computing; examines the contributions of ancient civilisations to the field of computing; covers the first digital computers, and the earliest commercial computers, mainframes and minicomputers; describes the early development of the integrated circuit and the microprocessor; reviews the emergence of home computers; discusses the creation of the Internet, the invention of the smartphone, and the rise of social media; presents a short history of telecommunications, programming languages, operating systems, software engineering, artificial intelligence, and databases.

Introduction to the History of Computing A Computing History Primer 1st  Table of contents:

1. What Is a Computer?

2. Computing in Early Civilizations

3. Foundations of Computing

4. The First Digital Computers

5. The First Commercial Computers

6. Early Commercial Computers and the Invention of the Transistor

7. The Invention of the Integrated Circuit and the Birth of Silicon Valley

8. The IBM System/360

9. Minicomputers and Later Mainframes

10. The Microprocessor Revolution

11. Home Computers

12. The IBM Personal Computer

13. A Short History of Telecommunications

14. The Internet Revolution

15. The Smartphone and Social Media

16. History of Programming Languages

17. History of Operating Systems

18. History of Software Engineering

19. History of Artificial Intelligence

20. History of Databases

 

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