Kategoria BISAC: Computers >> History

This comprehensive overview of the history of computing and its industry, and of commercial applications of the computer also outlines the history of how computing operations were managed within American companies. Based on extensive research in the contemporary business literature, this work is one of the few which looks at computing as business history, and it is the first to look at the broad scope of computing from the perspective of the business historian. The work is also directed at business managers to help them appreciate and understand the uses of the computer in their firms.

Der Band behandelt Grundfragen und zentrale Themen der Informatikgeschichte in Beitragen von herausragenden Pionieren, von in Theoriefragen engagierten Informatikern und namhaften Technikhistorikern. Der Band kreist um Leitideen und Paradigmen der Informatik, wobei die Visionen einer "Universalmaschine," einer "Universalsprache," eines "Universalmediums" und einer "Universalwissenschaft" sich leitmotivisch durch die Beitrage ziehen. Der Band lost sich von der engen Computergeschichte und arbeitet so bisher unterbelichtete Innovationsleistungen der deutschen und europaischen Informatik- und...

Here, Ashwin Srinivasan presents a varied collection of Michie's writings, from Colossus and computers to mouse genetics and politics. Srinivasan, a computer scientist and graduate student of Donald Michie, introduces each section and brings together an engaging collection of lively essays, revealing Michie's remarkable...

Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues--Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal...

To examine, analyze, and manipulate a problem to the point of designing an algorithm for solving it is an exercise of fundamental value in many fields. With so many everyday activities governed by algorithmic principles, the power, precision, reliability and speed of execution demanded by users have transformed the design and construction of algorithms from a creative, artisanal activity into a full-fledged science in its own right. This book is aimed at all those who exploit the results of this new science, as designers and as consumers.

The first chapter is an overview of...

Der Band behandelt Grundfragen und zentrale Themen der Informatikgeschichte in Beitragen von herausragenden Pionieren, von in Theoriefragen engagierten Informatikern und namhaften Technikhistorikern. Der Band kreist um Leitideen und Paradigmen der Informatik, wobei die Visionen einer "Universalmaschine," einer "Universalsprache," eines "Universalmediums" und einer "Universalwissenschaft" sich leitmotivisch durch die Beitrage ziehen. Der Band lost sich von der engen Computergeschichte und arbeitet so bisher unterbelichtete Innovationsleistungen der deutschen und europaischen Informatik- und...